Cefdinir activity against contemporary North American isolates from community-acquired urinary tract infections

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-92

  Sader, Helio S ^a   Biedenbach, Douglas J ^a   Streit, Jennifer M ^a   Jones, Ronald N ^a  

^a JMI LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cefdinir; Community acquired urinary tract infections; Escherichia coli; Oral cephalosporin

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFDINIR; CEFPODOXIME; CEFPROZIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NORTH AMERICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 11144329136     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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