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Originally Posted by Flagg
Is it true that Cipro is the one and only broad spectrum/general antibiotic magic bullet left in infection control?
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While cipro is still generally effective for its purposes we are seeing an alarming rate of even simple urinary tract infections or kidney infections that are cipro resistant. The rate of E.coli ( the most common UTI bacteria) cipro resistance in my area is as high as 20% which makes it no longer first line for pyelonephritis (kidney infection) in my area.
Just 2 weeks ago I had a young healthy female without a history of UTI or antibiotic treatment present with pyelonephritis with a multidrug resistant E. Coli only sensitive to gentamicin,meropenem, and imipenem.