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Are there any other antibiotics besides amoxicillin to treat kidney infection?
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Kidney infection: There are multiple antibiotics: cephalosporins, quinolones, sulfa, nitrofurantoin.
Answered 5/1/2018
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Yes: Ciprofloxacin, macrodantin, bactrim, (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) and many more.
Answered 4/22/2013
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