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I'm given a semen culture for chronic prostatis,epididymitis.but i have been taking levaquin & keflex,which control some of the symptoms.what can i do?

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Dr. Moe Zafarani answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Be patient: This is very though. Make sure the lab knows that you are taking antibiotics, the culture will be treated differently and hopefully it will grow something with a good response to a different antibiotic that you could benefit from

Dr Saghafi agreed

Answered 3/22/2020

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