Prevalence and antimicrobial sensitivity pattern in urinary tract infection in febrile under-5s at a children's emergency unit in Nigeria

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-45

  Musa Aisien, A S ^a   Ibadin, O M ^b   Ukoh, G ^b   Akpede, G O ^c  

^a Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^c AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN;

DISEASE PREVALENCE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EMERGENCIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0037342075     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349803125002850     Document Type: Article

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