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I was recently diagnosed with folliculitis is there an antibiotic that will cure it or is it resistant to all of them nothing seems to be workin?
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Curable, but...: Folliculitis is tiny pustules where the hair follicles are. Typical antibiotics that cure staph and strep infections usually cure folliculitis. If a person is so unlucky to have antibiotic-resistant bacteria causing his folliculitis, he may need more than one antibiotic or a second course of antibiotics. Sometimes, a mild folliculitis (such as hot-tub folliculitis) goes away without antibiotics.
Answered 8/17/2018
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