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Fever for a week. on 4th day went to doc and got told i had pharyngitis. still fever after 3 days of complete doses of antibiotics. should i worry?
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Bacterial infection: may take 7-10 days, sometime longer, to resolve even with antibiotic therapy.
Answered 7/10/2015
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