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Will my specific bacteria (guess) be resistant to an antibiotic if i took for 3 days, stopped it . then restarted 1 month later.what is the likelihood?

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Antibiotic resistant: Unlikely that this would happen, but it depends in large part on the particular antibiotic and the organism being treated. Generally speaking this does not occur.

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Answered 10/4/2014

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