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71 - Slow to Resolve

The Curious Clinicians

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Rapid Bacterial Killing in Pneumonia

This rapid bacterial killing also leads to a reduction in sort of the exogenous pyrogens, right, like things like LPS. And this may also explain the equally swift resolution of fever in pneumonia once you start therapy. I think people are pretty comfortable with like three to five days being sort of a lower end of acceptable. But it is intriguing nonetheless.

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