Letter

A/H1N1 flu

HPA advice on antipyretics contradicts NICE guideline

BMJ 2009; 339 doi: 10.1136/bmj.b3050 (Published 28 July 2009)
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b3050

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  1. Gina Johnson, general practitioner1
  1. 1National Minor Illness Centre, Luton LU2 7HR
  1. johgina{at}gmail.com

    Julius Wagner-Jauregg won the Nobel prize in 1927 for developing an effective treatment for syphilis which entailed deliberately infecting patients with malaria. This research suggests that fever may be a beneficial response to infection. The 2007 guideline from …

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