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What causes enterococcus uti's other than feces? or is that the only source?

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Dr. John Leander Po answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Healthcare acquired : Other than an ascending UTI from feces, instrumentation with less that optimally sterilized equipment or poor aseptic techniques of catheter insertion could also introduce this microbe into the urinary tract

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Answered 3/2/2019

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Have UTI, (enterococcus faeglis.) Been on Cipro 4 days. Still feel burning. I switched after 3 days on amoxicillin. Not getting better even tho its sensitive to E. Faeglis. Is Cipro becoming resistant? Amoxicillin was slightly helping?

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I had enterococcus uti was treated and the infection went away but I still had symptoms. Then did another culture and came back positive with same bacteria treated again. It keeps happening. I saw a urologist and cystoscopy is clear. What do I do?

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