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A member asked:
My son is in itu with abscesses on his lungs that antibiotics aren't reaching and getting rid of aso pleurisy and infection in lungs with high temp?
5 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
LIUNG ABCESS: Lung abcesses and respiratory distress can take some to respond to antibiotics.Talk to your son, s pulmonologist, infectious disease doctor about antibiotic therpy your son is on.
Answered 1/4/2015
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Culture Result: Treatment is initiated with a broad spectrum antibiotic, until the blood, wound and urine cultures are identified for more specific treatment. What is the age of your son?
Answered 6/9/2013
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Lung abscesses: More than likely the abscesses will have to drained in order to bring his fever down. Does he have an underlying lung disease like cytic fibrosis?
Answered 4/8/2013
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ID and Immune w/u: The results of all the cultures including airway fluid will help to identify the type of infection present. MRSA infection is a type of staph infection that is more resistant. In addition, your physicians will screen him for an immune defect including CGD, a condition that affects more males than females. Records may be reviewed at fax # 858 442 6146. PRMG/Pediatrics
Answered 3/22/2020
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