Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of urinary pathogens in Trinidad, 1996 - 1999

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 352-362

  Orrett, F A ^a,b  

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

^b Curepe Post Office   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Trinidad; Urinary pathogens; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORGANELLA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PROVIDENCIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0042821745     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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