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18 month- fever

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shirini2
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12/26/07 - 04:57 PM

An 18-month-old girl presents with history of high-grade fever. Her physical examination is normal. Which one of the following investigations would be most helpful?

    1)    erythrocyte sedimentation rate

    2)    blood culture

    3)    lumbar puncture

    4)    chest x-ray

    5)    urine analysis and culture

sprint123
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12/26/07 - 05:03 PM

Blood culture?

Ivonne
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12/26/07 - 05:27 PM

why not 5?

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shirini2
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12/26/07 - 05:34 PM

I'm thinking of either 5 or 3 ?
Can anybody help?

arlete
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12/26/07 - 09:45 PM

1 is too non-specific, it's going to be high no matter what

sepsis, meningitis and pneumonia are more likely to present with physical findings than UTI

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