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My husband had a surgical procedure on his nose to stop very bad nosebleeds. he then developed an infection which antibiotics won't clear.what now?

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Dr. Tso Chen answered

Strange: If the doctor is confident about the diagnosis of infection, then antibiotic should help. Unless the wrong type of antibiotic was prescribed? Perhaps, he needs to see an infectious disease doctor.

Dr Hymes agreed

Answered 5/13/2014

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