Antimicrobial resistance patterns among urine isolates from patients in a geriatric hospital and from older patients in a general hospital in Jerusalem

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 34-40

  Marcus, Esther Lee ^a,b   Altmark, Larisa ^a   Shapiro, Mervyn ^a   Moses, Allon E ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute care hospital; Antimicrobial resistance; Geriatric hospital; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISRAEL; MALE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0035027740     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70152-8     Document Type: Article

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