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In whooping cough should i take antibiotic or antibacterial?
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Verified: True whooping cough (pertussis) is treated with antibiotics. This can reduce spread to others, but will seldom change the course of the cough in adults. This condition has the nick name "100 days cough"
Answered 10/22/2019
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