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My mother isn't taking her antibiotic, despite having a infection for 5 weeks. what could happen?
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Cessation: Cessation of antibiotic therapy before the recommended treatment course can lead to incomplete treatment of the specific condition as well as to adding to the increasing antibiotic resistance dilemma in medicine.
Answered 3/23/2014
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