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Fungal pneumonia- Need advice
My dad was diagnosed with fungal pneumonia from last 15 days.
Doctor prescribed voriconazole medicine which he taking 200mg*2 daily.
Today When we did CBC and KFT test below observation found as compared to his previous reports (1 week before).
1) ALP increased to 344 from 84 in 1 week.
2) TLC increased from 7.7k to 13k in 1 week.
Does it mean medicine is not working?
Attaching his latest report.
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Consult again your treating doctor..Take a consultation with Pulmonologist for better evaluation and treatment
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
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Pl consult Pulmonologist online with all the reports and treatment taken. If the symptoms increase, he may require parenteral medicines.
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