| The recurrence of fever after an initial defervescence suggests a septic or nonseptic embolic event, a drug hypersensitivity reaction or the emergence of a resistant strain. |
| Although they were subjectively better, there was a delayed defervescence of fever even up to 7 days, whereas in 1989, this occurred in 3 days. |
| All patients experienced defervescence of fever, with ten patients being lost to follow-up. |
| At the end of this phase defervescence occurs and the patient is usually afebrile for a day or two before the immune phase begins. |
| He required two more debridements but improved on a daily basis with defervescence and a sense of well-being. |
| These phases follow the course of: sensation of cold with shivering and malaise, high fever with a high or low pulse rate, profuse sweating inaugurating fever defervescence and an asthenic state, and aching. |
