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Flu with cough and yellow green pleghm should start antibiotics?

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Respiratory infectio: flu symptoms could be from viral or bacterial, if the symptoms does not get better in 5 days might want to consider antibiotic

Dr Cremers and another doctor agreed

Answered 11/28/2017

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