Paediatric nosocomial urinary tract infection at a regional hospital

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-179

  Orrett, F A ^a   Brooks, P J ^b   Richardson, E G ^b   Mohammed, S ^b  

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

^b San Fernando General Hospital   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NURSERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEDIATRICS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032820111     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007120623909     Document Type: Article

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