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My 75 yr old mother with pulmonary valve replacement ant mitral valve stenosis is having symptoms of bronchitis .i have 500 mg keflex on hand,.
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Keflex is OK: Keflex is OK to use in early bronchitis to prevent rare incidence of blood-borne bacteria infecting the valves
Answered 6/30/2016
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