Described by a Dr. David Flockhart of Indiana University School of Medicine as a tremendously powerful antibiotic.
Ciprofloxacin is used to treat a wide variety of infections, including infections of bones and joints, endocarditis, gastroenteritis, malignant otitis externa, respiratory tract infections, cellulitis, urinary tract infections, prostatitis, anthrax, and chancroid. (2016 Pubmed)
Alternatives: Silver Biotics are also worth looking at which resource site SilverSolutions.org lists as a treatment for various bacterial infections, Gonorrhea and Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Anybody considering taking this or other fluoroquinolones should take a gander at the Longecity thread Cipro Hell.
Alternative Drugs: Doxycycline seems to be highly regarded as a low risk antibiotic,
Bactrim, Keflex