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Throat Pain With High Fever, Vomiting, Skin Itchy And Red. Swab Shows Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, On Ceftazidime. Opinions ?

hello Dr. , my son is 4 years old he had throat pain and high fever 40 c , I gave him paracetamol then his temp. decreased ,the folloing day early in the morning he vomited 3 times & he refused to eat as he vomited all what he took in break fast ....... evening time his skin become rough , red and itchy . I called his doctor who said this may be scarlet fever , after doing the CBC ( normal ), CRP(34) ,ASO(negative),he excluded strep. infection and prescribed augmentin for 10 days ,nofever or throat pain,but after the 10 day fever return againso I took him for follow up , paediatrician rechecked him , took throat swab and added metronidazole to the ttt , the result of the culture was pseudomonas aeruginosa so he started ceftazidime acc. to the sensetivith test result. what is your openion and how long he should recive that antibiotic .thanks
Mon, 1 Jul 2013
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Hi, it appears to be the infection by pseudomonas aeruginosa, and sensitive to ceftazidime, that is why not responded to the first treatment, and now he will be cured completely soon.
Dont worry he will be fine soon. give him easily digestible, as well as nourishing foods. Thank you.
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Throat Pain With High Fever, Vomiting, Skin Itchy And Red. Swab Shows Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, On Ceftazidime. Opinions ?

Hi, it appears to be the infection by pseudomonas aeruginosa, and sensitive to ceftazidime, that is why not responded to the first treatment, and now he will be cured completely soon. Dont worry he will be fine soon. give him easily digestible, as well as nourishing foods. Thank you.