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106. A 5-year-old boy presents with several days of fever to 104°F, along with bilateral conjunctival injection, a strawberry tongue, red and cracked lips, marked cervical adenopathy, as well as erythema and swelling of both hands and feet. Which of the following is accepted therapy for this illness?
A. penicillin
B. prednisone
C. acetylsalicylic acid
D. azithromycin

  #2

look like kawaski disease i would go for ..B

  #3

C (kawasaki )


  #4

Remember there are only two childhood diseases in which we use Aspirin: 1.kawasaki 2.juvenile rheuamtoid arthritis

  #5

itc c

no steroids in kawasaki...increases the risk of coronary aneurysms

  #6

yeah u are right guys ..it is aspirin thanks







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