Title: What if Macrobid doesn’t work for UTI? – KNOW & TREAT UTI
Headings: What if Macrobid doesn’t work for UTI?
What if Macrobid doesn’t work for UTI?
the best way to take Macrobid
incorrect Macrobid prescribing situations where it can lead to the drug not working for UTI:
1) Macrobid is given to a man’s UTI.
2) Macrobid is given to a hospital-acquired UTI
3) Macrobid is given to an unsusceptible community-acquired UTI
4) Macrobid is given to a UTI caused by another illness like kidney stones or prostate enlargement
5) misdiagnosing
6) Macrobid is given to an elderly UTI
ways to enhance the performance of Macrobid
how do you know if your UTI is uncomplicated
to sum this up

Content: see nowadays first-line antibiotics like ciprofloxacin and trimethoprim (septrin) are facing increased bacterial resistance meaning some UTI cases are not getting treated by them. on the other hand, Macrobid (nitrofurantoin) has much lower bacterial resistance rates than Cipro and septrin and it’s an old antibiotic discovered in the ’50s and since that time it got very little bacterial resistance cases. according to the NCBI website, the probability of the E. coli bacteria (the bacteria responsible for about 80% of the UTI cases) to be resistant to nitrofurantoin is 1-2%. also, WebMD agrees on that too. if you are that unlucky to be from that 1-2% then don’t worry, there is an antibiotic called fosfomycin in which also very rare resistance cases have been found and it can be used to treat your UTI. read about the efficacy of fosfomycin in treating UTI
ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole can also be used for the Macrobid resistant bacteria. the doctor will decide what’s best for you they can use these antibiotics in conjugation or separately if all of these didn’t work which I don’t think will happen, intravenous antibiotics like amikacin ceftriaxone are also available and they will eradicate the infection completely. there are two types of UTI one that is called community-acquired UTI responsible for about 80% of the UTI cases around the world which you can get from living your normal daily life in your house, community, work, etc…
the second type is called hospital-acquired UTI which patients get from their contaminated catheters. to make this short Macrobid can kill almost every type of bacteria that can cause community-acquired UTI including the E. coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, enterobacter species, VRE, and VSE. it’s safe to say that Macrobid (nitrofurantoin) is effective against all of the community-acquired UTI causing bacteria.