Gbs uti

[Mmp]

So I have been battling a group b strep uti. My doc did a culture last week and said there wasn't enough bacteria to have an antibiotic ( I stopped having symptoms since) last night it came back full force. I'm worried I can't get rid of this and I will end up with a kidney infection. I know gbs can be treated by vanco. I know any antibiotics are not safe but that would be one of the safest to take? Just wondering if anyone else has taken vanco not for c diff.

[roy]

I dont think oral vanco treats any form of strep.
IV vanco might but 99.9% certain that oral does not.
In fact Oral vanco is only use is for GI infections and 99% of oral vanco prescriptions are for c.diff.
If a Dr wants you on vanco pills for anything other than a GI infection get a new Dr!

[Mmp]

That was my own research. She is prescribing me Methenamine which is a antibiotic? She said is wasn't but I am pretty sure it is. But it doesn't seem to have an effect on the gut microbiome. I'm having very mild symptoms. Mainly just frequency. She doesn't think it's bad enough to warrant a worse offender I guess.

[Bobbie]

MMp,
See antibiotics lists in CDI.

[Mmp]

Bobbie, I did not see it in there

[Ril]

It is a urinary antiseptic also called urotropin. You can look it up on line or better yet, talk to your pharmacist. I don’t recall having seen it used but obviously your dr knows about it.

[Mmp]

The pharmacist says it is an anti-septic that only works in the urinary tract and does not affect your gut microbiome. I am going to try it. Maybe double up on my florastor as a precaution and hope for the best. I will update. Maybe this will be an option for us c differs that suffer from utis.