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CONTINUOUS FEVER

18 year male presented with h/O fever high grade since 3 wks, taken antimalarials antibiotics like cefexime, pipracilin tazobactam, levoflox etc. still febrile blood investigations shows high CRP 81, high ESR 61, TLc 12000, urine culture sterile while blood culture showed staphylococcus coagulase negative growth so was started on vancomycin and levoflox according to sensitive. CXR normal, USG normal. Child is still febrile but clinically looking good. Kindly share your opinions and further management.

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