A Novel Probiotic-antibiotic Combination to Prevent Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections

Eligibility Criteria

• * A history of 3 or more UTI episodes in the past 12 months, or 2 or more episodes in the past 6 months
• * no evidence of vesicoureteral reflux or only low-grade (grade 1-2) vesicoureteral reflux
• * no other genitourinary anatomical abnormality
• * not receiving prophylactic antibiotics at the time of enrollment
• * Ages 2-17 years.
• * high grade (grade 3-5) vesicoureteral reflux
• * neurogenic bladder
• * anatomical abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract
• * any history of urologic or gastrointestinal surgery
• * on prophylactic antibiotics
• * a urine culture positive for pathogens that are not susceptible to ciprofloxacin in the last 3 months
• * history of an allergic reaction to ciprofloxacin or other quinolones, or a history of severe adverse reactions
• * As stated on the package insert for Ciprofloxacin, individuals with a known history of myasthenia gravis should avoid taking Ciprofloxacin and therefore will be excluded from this study.
• * Based on the black box warning for Ciprofloxacin, individuals taking tizanidine as concomitant administration, or those taking other drugs known to interact with ciprofloxacin will be excluded from the study.
• * individuals with known QT prolongation, hypokalemia, or on other drugs that prolong the QT interval should also avoid taking Ciprofloxacin and will be excluded from this study.
• * Individuals under 2 years old. In the BFIT clinic, because they do bladder, bowel movement, and constipation management, it is harder to manage if the patient is not potty trained. Therefore, we are excluding participants under 2 years of age.