WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for September, 2001: Re: Dr. Braun-one more dosage of Levaquin but not sure it killed all the infection-now what?

Re: Dr. Braun-one more dosage of Levaquin but not sure it killed all the infection-now what?

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 21 Sep 2001 23:36:33 -0500 (CDT)

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In reply to: Kristy: "Dr. Braun-one more dosage of Levaquin but not sure it killed all the infection-now what?"

At Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Kristy wrote: >
>Good evening Dr. Braun,
>
>I hope you are well. I have a situation that I'm not sure what
>to do about.
>
>My dr put me on Levaquin 500 mg once a day for 7 days but I'm
>not sure if it killed all of the infection b/c I'm still having
>some rawness on the inside and white discharge. We are still
>waiting for the culture that she did last week to come back. It
>might be back next week, but I can't be for sure on that yet.
>

If 7 days of Levaquin hasn't killed it, it isn't sensitive to levaquin and it is best to wait for culture and sensitivity test results before doing anything else.

>If I do still have an infection going on even though I've been
>on the Levaquin for 7 days what will be the next thing that my
>dr does?
>
>I think that she's thinking that the next step maybe IV
>antibiotics like I had to do last year when I had 4 infections
>in a row. But I don't know that for sure as we are waiting for
>that culture to come back.
>
>Thanks for your time,
>
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