What Is Cipro?
![Cipro (ciprofloxacin hydrochloride) is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic used in adults 18 years of age and older and in pediatric patients to treat infections caused by designated, susceptible bacteria.](https://images.medicinenet.com/images/article/main_image/is-strep-throat-a-bacteria-or-a-virus.jpg?output-quality=75)
What Type of Infections Does Cipro Treat?
Cipro treats the following types of infections:
- Skin and skin structure infections
- Bone and joint infections
- Complicated intra-abdominal infections
- Infectious diarrhea
- Typhoid fever (enteric fever)
- Uncomplicated cervical and urethral gonorrhea
- Inhalational anthrax post-exposure in adult and pediatric patients
- Plague in adult and pediatric patients
- Chronic bacterial prostatitis
- Lower respiratory tract infections
- Acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis
- Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
- Acute uncomplicated cystitis
- Complicated UTI and pyelonephritis in pediatric patients
- Acute sinusitis
What Are the Side Effects of Cipro?
Common side effects of Cipro include:
- Nausea
- Diarrhea
- Liver function test abnormalities
- Vomiting
- Rash
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