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Infected heel blister from running shoes. was given keflax 2g/day for 5 days. finished antibiotics, but area still red/warm/painful (size of quarter)?
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I don't understand: Why you were given the antibiotic for five days. This is undertreatment. Minimum treatment should be ten days as Keflex fights gram positive bacteria that live for ten days.
Answered 6/26/2014
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Different antibiotic: You may also want to ask your doctor if he/she wants to switch to another antibiotic. You need to take most antibiotics for 10 days
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