The changing patterns of antimicrobial susceptibility of urinary pathogens in Trinidad

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 256-259

  Orrett, F A ^a   Shurland, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b EWMSC   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Trinidad; Urinary antimicrobial resistance; Urinary tract infections; Uropathogens

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG CHOICE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031879741     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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