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Should i keep taking antibiotics if my uti has cleared up?

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Dr. S. Smiley Thakur answered

Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis

Complete the course: Finishing a course of antibiotics is essential to ensure the bacteria isn't just partially treated. It could reemerge, and the second time, be resistant to the antibiotic you cut short.

Answered 8/31/2013

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