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A 31-year-old female asked about a female:

How long for cefdinir to work on strep in a 2 yr old? amoxicillin ineffective for two days, switched to cefdinir last night, still very fevered & weak

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Dr. Sari Nabulsianswered

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Fever: strep throat is extremely sensitive to antibiotics, weather it is amoxicillin or cefidnir. If your child is not responding, it means that there is something else your child has on top of strep like a viral infection.

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5 year old has strep throat and Cant get him to take the nasty medicine they prescribed. Cefdirin. They refuse to switch why can't he take amoxicilLin?

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