Can antibiotics cause a fever as a reaction / side effect?

Question

Particularly drugs in the penecillin family, for example, particularly amoxocillin or clindamycin?

Answer 1

Yes,antibiotics can cause a side effect caused anaphylactic reaction & shock.therefore we have to give a test dose before administering the full dose.

Fever can be caused if any inflammation present in the body

Answer 2

Yes....

However, clindamycin is not in the penicillin family

Answer 3

Yes, it's called drug fever.  It can really make it difficult to tell if a patient is actually still infected sometimes.  You have to continue to look for other infections signs/symptoms such as increased WBC and malaise.

Answer 4

Yes. Antibiotics kill the bacteria and the killed bacterial proteins act as allergens causing drug fever and drug rash .

Herxheimer reaction  is when toxins are released from killed bacteria  and cause sudden high fever.