You have a patient who is a positive for strep on rapid antigen testing (rapid strep test). you order amoxacillin after checking for drug allergies (patient is negative) but he returns 3 days later, reporting that his temperature has gone up, not down (101.5 f in office). you also note significant adenopathy, most notably in the posterior and anterior cervical chains, some hepatomegaly, and a diffuse rash. you decide:

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Scarlett Richard

Biology

19 March, 11:46

You have a patient who is a positive for strep on rapid antigen testing (rapid strep test). you order amoxacillin after checking for drug allergies (patient is negative) but he returns 3 days later, reporting that his temperature has gone up, not down (101.5 f in office). you also note significant adenopathy, most notably in the posterior and anterior cervical chains, some hepatomegaly, and a diffuse rash. you decide:

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Kailyn Day · Answer 1

With the given symptoms above, the medical professional that has been assigned with the patient should take note of this symptoms and suspect that the patient may have experiencing allergy with the medication. Although he may appear to have negative in the allergy testing earlier, it may have an alternative effect after the three consecutive days.