ciprofloxacin
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Her doctor prescribed a third drug, ciprofloxacin, the last of the three major front-line medicines, and cultured her urine. — Matt Richtel, BostonGlobe.com, "Common infection builds defenses and puts millions at risk," 13 July 2019 But while gonorrhea has been evolving ways to stop ciprofloxacin from getting in the way of topoisomerase, those strategies don’t work on the new drug. — Cathleen O'grady, Ars Technica, "New anti-gonorrhea drug called “metal as f–k”," 15 Nov. 2018 That in itself isn’t new—the same tactic has been used by other antibiotics, including ciprofloxacin, one of the drugs that’s no longer recommended for treating gonorrhea. — Cathleen O'grady, Ars Technica, "New anti-gonorrhea drug called “metal as f–k”," 15 Nov. 2018 In 2007, ciprofloxacin still made up almost half of prescriptions for gonorrhea. — Sophie Cousins, CNN, "Wherever you are in the world, time is running out for treating gonorrhea," 15 May 2018 According to the Mayo Clinic, in those cases, your doctor may prescribe other antibiotics, such as ciprofloxacin or nitazoxanide. — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, "Here Are the Symptoms of Cyclosporiasis, the Illness Linked to Recalled Vegetable Trays," 9 July 2018 The bacteria that have grown will be measured for resistance to five antibiotics, including ciprofloxacin and the last-resort drugs cefixime and ceftriaxone. — Sophie Cousins, CNN, "Wherever you are in the world, time is running out for treating gonorrhea," 15 May 2018 The outbreak strain of C. jejuni could withstand three antibiotics: tetracycline, nalidixic acid, and ciprofloxacin. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Raw milk is trending for some reason—so are nasty, drug-resistant infections," 11 Feb. 2018 At least one of them turned up with resistance to a class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones, which contains ciprofloxacin among other common antibiotics. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Mysterious explosion of a deadly plague may come down to a sugar in ice cream," 10 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ciprofloxacin.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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