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Bacterial infection, enlarged glans how worried should i be? no sore throat very scared (no insurance :/)
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Sore throat: How do you know that you have a bacterial throat infection? Did you have a throat culture to prove it? If it's a strep throat infection, a simple course of penicillin or Erythromycin is effective. If it's a viral infection no specific treatment is needed as antibiotics are ineffective.
Answered 6/25/2014
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