I have a 2 year old son who has pneumonia and was prescribed cotrimoxazole syrup and kofgon syrup, are these ok for the treatment.

Dr. Jaspreet Singh KhandpurPulmonologist8yrs exp

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First ascertain the cause of the pneumonia usually the pediatrician will go for sputum or gastric lavage if these are inconclusive or negative results then on has to anyhow involve a chest physician/ pulmonologist to perform pediatric bronchoscopy which apparently I do. The bronchio alveolar lavage or washings will give good positive results in terms of finding out the bacteria causing pneumonia and one can give antibiotics accordingly for pneumonia. Correct evidence based medicine which requires only 15 to 30 mins to perform and produce results in a day.  

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