Enterococcal urinary tract infections: Eight years experience at a regional hospital in Trinidad, West Indies

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 90-92

  Orrett, Fitzroy A ^a,c   Connors, Ehlich ^b  

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

^b San Fernando General Hospital   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c Curepe Post Office   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFACLOR; CEFUROXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0035091884     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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