... does the lab also check for the type of strain? I've had three UTI's in the past two years that didn't show up on the dip and was given Cipro for as a precaution, only for the doctors office to call me back in two days and say they found an ecoli infection and switch me to macrobid because they said Cipro won't kill the infection. But I was told by different doctors that Cipro can kill ecoli?
Macrobid - Curious, when they do a urine culture in a lab, and it comes back positive for e-coli?
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- 23 Dec 2011 by ellebelly2012
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I'm always told Cipro wont kill what shows up. That's why I wonder what the lab does and if it's a certain strain or if the doctors just go with Macrobid?
I get 2 different infections, most the time e-coli, but i know that one of them macrobid will not help, but the Dr. said that Cipro has a larger range and that the macrobid is resistant to some strains of infection. I was also on a low dose of macrobid every day as a preventative for UTI's.