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Amoxicillin for kidney infection. how long does this take to work?

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Dr. Veeraish Chauhan answered

Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis

Depends: It wont necessarily work. Depends on what bug is causing the infection in the first place.

Dr Davantzis and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 7/19/2018

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