Changing pattern of antimicrobial susceptibility of organisms causing community acquired urinary tract infections

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 369-373

  Farooqi, B J ^a   Shareeq, F ^b   Rizvi, Q K ^a   Qureshi, Hina S ^a   Ashfaq, M K ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH SINDH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034324183     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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