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Abdominal pain and/or vomiting; Development of petechiae and/or purpura; No evidence of meningitis; History of conjunctivitis within the 30 days preceding the onset of fever; At least one of the following two tests negative for Neisseria meningitidis: Blood cultures taken before antibiotic administration; Serum or urine antigen detection[CDC]
Petechia of the lower leg in a person with platelets of 3 due to ITP (immune thrombocytopenia).The most common cause of petechiae is through physical trauma such as a hard bout of coughing, holding breath, vomiting, or crying, which can result in facial petechiae, especially around the eyes.
Megaloblastic anaemia; Methaemoglobinaemia; Erythema multiforme; Low blood sugar; Hepatitis (liver swelling); Crystalluria (crystals in the urine); Urinary obstruction causing difficulty passing urine
Petechiae are often also present, but do not always occur; their absence does not negate a diagnosis of meningococcal disease. Anyone with symptoms of meningococcal meningitis should receive intravenous antibiotics prior to the results of lumbar puncture being known, as delay in treatment can greatly worsen the prognosis.
This treatment is ineffective because it treats only the local ocular infection, whereas if it progresses to BPF, systemic antibiotic treatment is required. Although BPF is susceptible to many commonly used antibiotics, including ampicillin , cefuroxime , cefotaxime , rifampin , and chloramphenicol , by the time it is diagnosed the disease has ...
A drug-resistant strain of scarlet fever, resistant to macrolide antibiotics such as erythromycin, but retaining drug-sensitivity to beta-lactam antibiotics, such as penicillin, emerged in Hong Kong in 2011, accounting for at least two deaths in that city—the first such in over a decade. [44]
Animals are often treated with antibiotics for infections they have developed. There are side effects of penicillin when it is used in animals. MRSA may develop in pets as a consequence of treatment. [18] [19] Nutritional deficiencies can develop in pets as a side effect. [20]
Portal hypertensive gastropathy can also be treated with endoscopic treatment delivered through a fibre-optic camera into the stomach. Argon plasma coagulation and electrocautery have both been used to stop bleeding from ectatic vessels, and to attempt to obliterate the vessels, but have limited utility if the disease is diffuse.