Top answers from doctors based on your search:
resistant to the antibiotic
A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered
53 years experience Infectious Disease
Different antibiotic: Almost always alternative antibiotics can be used if the infection is resistant to the initial treatment. People are not resistant to antibiotics -- o ... Read More
Dr. Diane Minich answered
37 years experience Family Medicine
Switch to another: antibiotic. CA culture and sensitivity would help to get the right antibiotic.
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:
A 45-year-old female asked:
Dr. Michael Ein answered
48 years experience Infectious Disease
Depends see below: Very long or lifetime antibiotics are sometimes used for incurable or difficult to cure infections. Examples are foreign body or hardware infections ... Read More
1
1 thank
A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Christina Adberg answered
26 years experience Obstetrics and Gynecology
Only if it's early: If you are just beginning to feel symptoms, you can try taking cranberry tablets plus vitamin c and a lot of water. And there are over the counter ant ... Read More
1
1 thank
A Verified Doctor answered
A US doctor answered Learn more
Recurring UTI: Frequency of sexual intercourse is the strongest predictor. Women with recurrent symptomatic urinary tract infections can be treated with continuous o ... Read More
Dr. William Coutts ii answered
26 years experience Family Medicine
Bladder hygiene: I have found that urinary tract infections in females have 1/4 causes: 1)
A 22-year-old member asked:
Dr. Moez Khorsandi answered
27 years experience Urology
Fluids: Drinking more fluids especially water is helpful in preventing or delaying uti's. Safe sexual counseling is also encouraged such as voiding after inte ... Read More
2
2 thanks
A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Wayne Ingram answered
Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Past overuse: Overuse of common and 3rd level antibiotics for everything from a common "viral cold" to sore throats have "allowed bacteria to evolve and change the ... Read More
A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Arlo Miller answered
15 years experience Dermatology
Darwin: Darwin would have predicted this. Everytime antibiotics are used, a very few number of bacteria survive because they had some random mutation that ga ... Read More
A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Ein answered
48 years experience Infectious Disease
Many: It would be easier to list the antibiotics to which MRSA might be susceptible. These include vancomycin, Linezolid , sep ... Read More
1
1 thank
A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. John Leander Po answered
18 years experience Infectious Disease
Sensitive/resistant: The bacteria tested is susceptible to the antibiotic, norfloxacin but resistAnt to nitrofurantoin (Macrobid).
A 41-year-old male asked:
Dr. Robert Kwok answered
33 years experience Pediatrics
Curable, but...: Folliculitis is tiny pustules where the hair follicles are. Typical antibiotics that cure staph and strep infections usually cure folliculitis. If a p ... Read More
A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jared Fialkow answered
Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis
UTI: If someone has a uti, finding out which antibiotics the bacteria is susceptible is very important. This allows us to use the best antibiotic on the p ... Read More
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:
People also searched for:
Connect by text or video with a U.S. board-certified doctor now — wait time is less than 1 minute!
24/7 visits
$15 per month