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How Effective Is Taking Clavulanate For Infections?

my sister has been battling an infection since august 2010...after many cultures taken clavanate was always prescribed as an antibiotic until today when we finally spoke with an infectious disease specialist to find out that the infection is not treatable using clavanate ...should this not be common knowledge among the health care pratitioners??? The cultures grew klebsiella oxytoca

what kills it????
Mon, 15 Jun 2015
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Hello dear!
I've gone through your query and understood your concerns!

I'm sorry your sister has gone through these disturbs all this time.
After one of two cures if no improvement the doctors should ask theirselves why this treatment is not working.

So now you have found what is the cause of that infection it would be easier to cure. Klebsiella may be treated with antibiotics like Cefepime, or Levofloxacine but I would recommend you to do an analysis called antibiogramma. That indicates what antibiotic is most effective to treat Klebsiella. Only in this way your sister will be healed quicker and will not suffer all this time as she did before.

Take care and I wish you a good health!
DR ERIOL.
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How Effective Is Taking Clavulanate For Infections?

Hello dear! I ve gone through your query and understood your concerns! I m sorry your sister has gone through these disturbs all this time. After one of two cures if no improvement the doctors should ask theirselves why this treatment is not working. So now you have found what is the cause of that infection it would be easier to cure. Klebsiella may be treated with antibiotics like Cefepime, or Levofloxacine but I would recommend you to do an analysis called antibiogramma. That indicates what antibiotic is most effective to treat Klebsiella. Only in this way your sister will be healed quicker and will not suffer all this time as she did before. Take care and I wish you a good health! DR ERIOL.