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Health Encyclopedia: Urinary Tract Infection Highlights
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Antibiotic Treatment for Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
Quinolone antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin (Cipro) have overtaken trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) as a first-line treatment for UTIs, according to a 2006 study in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Doctors are prescribing more quinolones due to increasing antibiotic resistance to sulfa antibiotics such as TMP-SMX. Experts are now concerned that bacteria will develop resistance to quinolones.
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