Hi doctors, I have been infected with uti by klebsiella ESBL bacteria. So my doctor is giving Amikacin iv 1gm per day for five days. Which is sensitive medicine to that bacteria. Just I wanted to know how long will that medicine take to cure the infection. Please someone help me by saying reaction time and about Amikacin medicine.

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