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Why does it take several courses of antibiotics to get rid of a bacterial sinus infection? first my doctor prescribes levaquin for 10 days. then cipro for 10 days to fully get rid of the bacterial infection?

Q: why does it take several courses of antibiotics to get rid of a bacterial sinus infection? first my doctor prescribes levaquin for 10 days. then cipro for 10 days to fully get rid of the bacterial infection?

: There was likely more than one bacterial type involved in the infection and the different microbes had different susceptibility to antibiotics.

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There was likely more than one bacterial type involved in the infection and the different microbes had different susceptibility to antibiotics.

Answered 2/26/2023

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A member asked:

Why does it take several courses of antibiotics to get rid of a bacterial sinus infection? first my doctor prescribes levaquin for 10 days. then cipro for 10 days to fully get rid of the bacterial infection?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

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