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Can taking 1antibiotic &1 cipro (ciprofloxacin) reduce white blood cell count in urine? went to doc for uti after taking those &said there weren't many wh blood cells
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Here are some ...: It seemed you took 2 antibiotics since Cipro (ciprofloxacin) itself is an antibiotic. Finding WBC in urine suggests the presence of inflammation caused by bacteria, virus, stone, tumors, foreign body, after recent procedures, catheter, contamination at urine collection, etc., not necessarily by bacterial infection alone. Antibiotic is good only for the bacteria sensitive to it, not for anything else. So, don't...
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