Resistant E. coli rises despite drop in ciprofloxacin use

ScienceDaily
Aug 29, 2023, 2:38 am114 pts
After a nearly threefold drop in prescriptions for the antibiotic ciprofloxacin between 2015 and 2021, the rates of ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli bacteria circulating in the community did not decline. In fact, a study of Seattle-area women over age 50 who had not taken any antibiotics for at least a year…

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