What might be indicated by failure of the patient's temperature to normalize 4 or 5 days after the start of antibiotic therapy?
I.closed-space infection
II.drug fever
III.missed pathogen

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Failure of a patient's temperature to normalize 4 or 5 days after the start of antibiotic therapy could indicate a closed-space infection (where the antibiotics may not be effectively reaching the infection), drug fever (a fever resulting from a reaction to the antibiotics themselves), or a missed pathogen (the antibiotics prescribed are not effective against the actual infecting organism).

What Might Be Indicated by Failure of the Patient's Temperature