Antibiotic resistance in bacterial urinary tract infections, 1991 to 1997

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 265-268

  Dyer, Irene E ^a,c   Sankary, Timothy M ^a   Dawson, Jo Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Los Angeles County STD Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBENICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CEPHALOTHIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 0031798453     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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