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What causes a recurrent viral infection even after antibiotic use?
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Antibiotics no good: Antibiotics are effective for bacterial infections, they do nothing for viral infections. By & large viral infections are treated symptomatically. Tamiflu (oseltamivir) might or might not have a minimal effect to reduce effects of influenza.
Answered 3/16/2013
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