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Urine culture shows 10,000-25,000 enterococcus faecalis. dr out me on macrobid. is this enough to treat this organism. ive read its hard to treat and needs and needs a combination of drugs. ?

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Borderline infection: Your bacterial count is just at the borderline of the number to consider it significant. You may visit this site for a technical article on this topic: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK190420/ Drink enough water so that your urine is mostly colorless.

Answered 1/17/2020

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A member asked:

Urine culture shows 10,000-25,000 enterococcus faecalis. dr out me on macrobid. is this enough to treat this organism. ive read its hard to treat and needs and needs a combination of drugs. ?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

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