 [ Symptoms ] 14 yr old son diagnosed with a staph infection in throat prescribed clindamycin standard need a followup culture [ Disease ] clindamycin is fine it is one of the antibiotics of choice for a staph infection as far as a follow up culture is concerned there is nothing inappropriate in having one to be sure the staph has resolved from the antibiotic ask the treating medical provider for patient specific advice however since i do not know the type of staph that he has my son is 7 and has had a stuffy noise and a bad caugh for a month can i give him a 300mg clindamycin