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What antibiotic works best for pleurisy?

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Mostly none: Most pleurisy is probably viral and therefore unaffected by antibiotics. Some pleurisy is inflammatory for other reasons and again likely not to be changed by antibiotics, which are used to treat bacterial infections.

Answered 8/28/2017

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