by Leila Gray, University of Washington School of Medicine Microbiology lab media plates show E. coli bacteria growing on E. coli selective agar (pink) and blood agar (red). Credit: Sokurenko Lab/UW MedicineAfter a nearly three-fold drop in prescriptions for the antibiotic ciprofloxacin between 2015 and 2021, the rates of ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli bacteria circulating in...
