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Is cipro (ciprofloxacin) for two weeks useful for non specific urethritis/utis/epididymitis? i now have epididymitis following initial penile irritation left untreat

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Dr. John Leander Po answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

No- get evaluated.: Additional information such as your sexual history as well as a physical examination is important since: 1.You are an adult male with a genitourinary infection- this is unusual and requires further evaluation, 2. Cipro (ciprofloxacin) does not cover certain sexually transmitted diseases such a Gonorrhea, Chlamydia and others, and 3. Delay in diagnosis risks potential infertility in the future.

Answered 12/18/2015

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