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How Can Lingering Fever Along With Diarrhoea Be Treated For An Infant?
Hello,My 1 year son has had a fever for 6 days and the throath culture test was positive klebsiella. He has been on augmentin for 2 days but the fever still persist and his appetite is very poor. He also has diarhea. I am worried as his condition while not getting worse is not improving dramatically. Is this infection common in toddlers? What else can I do to help him get better?
Mon, 20 Feb 2017
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Related your concern you should be aware that klebsiella is not a common infection in toddler and tend to develop in children who are hospitalized or being cared for in a long-term facility or have an underlying diseases. Usually klebsiellae are also important in nosocomial infections among adult and pediatric populations.It is a good news that his condition is not getting worse but what I suggest for your child in this situation is better to take hospitalised, monitor the fever( to see it tend to decrease or not under the treatment) usually should wait more than 2 days to see a huge improvement and if not maybe should change the antibiotic because the resistance could happen. Because of the possibility of widespread infection with drug-resistant Klebsiella, you should consulted with a doctor right away if symptoms do not improve after antibiotic treatment or if breathing difficulties, lethargy, altered behavior or changes in consciousness develop.But related diarrhea I should know if this happened after the initiation of antibiotic or before because it is known that antibiotic(augmentin) can cause diarrhea and you should monitoring blood pressure and urination and give your child a lot of water and tea and tresol plus probiotics.
I hope my answer help you.
I wish your child a quick recovery.
I have been through your question.
Related your concern you should be aware that klebsiella is not a common infection in toddler and tend to develop in children who are hospitalized or being cared for in a long-term facility or have an underlying diseases. Usually klebsiellae are also important in nosocomial infections among adult and pediatric populations.It is a good news that his condition is not getting worse but what I suggest for your child in this situation is better to take hospitalised, monitor the fever( to see it tend to decrease or not under the treatment) usually should wait more than 2 days to see a huge improvement and if not maybe should change the antibiotic because the resistance could happen. Because of the possibility of widespread infection with drug-resistant Klebsiella, you should consulted with a doctor right away if symptoms do not improve after antibiotic treatment or if breathing difficulties, lethargy, altered behavior or changes in consciousness develop.But related diarrhea I should know if this happened after the initiation of antibiotic or before because it is known that antibiotic(augmentin) can cause diarrhea and you should monitoring blood pressure and urination and give your child a lot of water and tea and tresol plus probiotics.
I hope my answer help you.
I wish your child a quick recovery.
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