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Fever without focus

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A 10-month-old girl presented with recurrent fever for 6 months. She was investigated for the same and hemoglobin was 11.6 mg/dl with a WBC count of 13,500/cumm [42% polymorphs, 58% lymphocytes], Chest X-Ray was normal, there were no malarial parasites on peripheral smear and the Widal test was negative. HIV ELISA and Mantoux test were also negative. On examination, there was no abnormality detected.

What further test is required?

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