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A member asked:
Since endotoxins, which cause fever, are released after bacteria dies, wouldnt taking clarithromycin cause more fever?
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Yes, but: The bottom line is that even if endotoxins are released after a cell dies and is lysed, that you are preventing more bacteria from growing which would then die and cause release of even more endotoxins.
Answered 5/12/2017
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