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Son did not respond well to azithromycin for bronchitis so was per scribed amoxicillin, will it help him? he's 14
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See below: Most cases of bronchitis are caused by respiratory viruses that do not respond to antibiotics. Bacterial bronchitis is usually caused by strep. Pneumoniae, hemophilus sp. And moraxella sp. These are usually treated with zithromax, ceftin, (cefuroxime) vantin, Augmentin or levoquin.
Answered 1/11/2018
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