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A member asked:
I just got a culture result after an abscess in my armpit how long after starting the antibiotics is it still contagious?
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You are okay now: Armpit and other abscesses aren't all that catching to others. The bugs that cause them are generally normal skin bugs that get out of control somehow. Stay clean and especially with the antibiotics you need not worry about making your partner sick
Answered 7/24/2015
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