Urinary tract infections, antibiotic resistance and sales of antimicrobial drugs: An observational study of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in Icelandic women

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-38

  Olafsson, Magnus ^a,b,d   Kristinsson, Karl G ^c   Sigurdsson, Johann A ^b  

^a Community Health Care Centre ^*  (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^d Community Health Centre ^*  (Iceland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Antimicrobial use; Bacterial resistance; Primary care; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MACROLIDE; MECILLINAM; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0033994717     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430050202532     Document Type: Article

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