An international survey of the antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogens from uncomplicated urinary tract infections: The ECO.SENS project

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-76

  Kahlmeter, G ^a  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFADROXIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MECILLINAM; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BELGIUM; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; IRELAND; KLEBSIELLA; LEUKOCYTE; LUXEMBOURG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PATHOGENICITY; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANADA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0037260436     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkg028     Document Type: Article

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