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My 4yrold had a bacterial throat inf 3 weeks ago with fever and vomiting anti was taken took her back to dr and and was given cilicainev 3daysnowhelp?

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Needs throat culture: The cilicaine sounds like a local anesthetic. Your child needs a throat culture so that a specific diagnosis can be made. Blindly putting a 4 year old on an antibiotic is not good medical practice. With the tremendous emergence of resistant bacteria, your child need a more specific diagnosis.

Answered 8/10/2014

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