Ciprofloxacin resistance in E. coli UTI is increasing. The use of this antimicrobial agent as empirical therapy for UTI should be reconsidered and efforts should be made to limit its use to clinical ...

After a nearly threefold drop in prescriptions for the antibiotic ciprofloxacin between 2015 and 2021, the rates of ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli bacteria circulating in the community did not ...

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This was a double-blind, randomized controlled equivalence trial, conducted between July 2007 and April 2008. Twenty-nine of 169 (18%) invited general practitioners (GPs) in Lower Saxony, Germany, ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with a UTI on my yearly physical urinalysis, but had no symptoms. I was prescribed Cipro. The five pages of warnings attached to the prescription scared me! So, I ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 7-day course of ciprofloxacin or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole for presumed ...

Seven days of antibiotic therapy for afebrile men with suspected urinary tract infections (UTI) was as effective as a 14-day regimen, according to results from a randomized, double-blind trial. In ...

Thank you, Heather for the question. You really should be getting antibiotic advice from your doctor, not your pharmacist. However, in this case, your pharmacist may be right. Here’s why: Cipro (short ...