Flu--if child relapses high fever, might be pneumonia

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“Report Finds Swine Flu Has Killed 36 Children,” New York Times, Denise Grady, Sept. 3, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/healt ... .html?_r=1

“ . . . In children without chronic health problems, it is a warning sign if they seem to recover from the flu but then relapse with a high fever [emphasis added], Dr. Frieden said. The relapse may be bacterial pneumonia, which must be treated with antibiotics. . . ”

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And presumably this is the case with adults, too.