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In febrile spinal tb patient, how does fever progress after treatment? does is dissappear suddenly or does it decrease gradually over the days?
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Tuberculosis: Fever is generally a manifestation of the inflammatory process and when this is ameliorated by elimination of the causative organism it will gradually diminish and eventually disappear.
Answered 5/17/2014
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