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Reply To: Reinfection or treatment failure, how do they tell?

riverbank9 2 months ago

In practice they often treat again either way, because the treatment is the same and the risk of leaving it is worse than the risk of an extra course. Ask them to say plainly what they think happened, though. You are entitled to the reasoning.

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