My Grandmother Is Recently Diagnosed With Urinary Tract Infection And

Posted on Sun, 19 May 2019

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Question : My grandmother is recently diagnosed with Urinary tract infection and I've got both Urine routine and Culture tests done for her. my current doctor suggested to take Niftas 100mg 3 times a day for 7 days based on attached reports. I request for a second opinion on whether the dosage is sufficient enough or if it needs any other better alternative medicines based off Culture report. please advise.

Answered by Dr. Vaishalee Punj (42 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Yes the antibiotic is appropriate

Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to Ask A Doctor service.

I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

The antibiotic and its dosage is appropriate according to this report of culture and sensitivity. Other alternatives could have been trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and ceftazidime.

Hope this helps. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Dr Vaishalee

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj