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Is Cephalexin Safe For Infants Suffering From Fever Due To UTI?

my baby had mild fever when he was 34 days old and fever was due to urinary tract infection and was given antibiotic. The ultra sound taekn on 7-1-2014 shows borderline peliectasis measuring 0.8 cm and is still under medication -cephalexin and doctor advised scan of kidney during first week of may. My question is whether this will affect kidney and whether he will be cured by this medeication. His right kidney is normal. He is having normal urine .
Sat, 29 Mar 2014
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I would suggest you to get DTPA and DMSA renal scan done to know differential renal function test done.

Take Care

Best Regards
Dr T Shobha Deepak
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Is Cephalexin Safe For Infants Suffering From Fever Due To UTI?

Hi Welcome to Healthcare-Magic Greetings of the day I would suggest you to get DTPA and DMSA renal scan done to know differential renal function test done. Take Care Best Regards Dr T Shobha Deepak