Influence of various criteria for elimination of duplicates when calculating the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility of microorganisms associated with urinary infections

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-176

  Cebrian L ^a   Rodriguez J C ^a   Escribano, I ^a   Cascales, E ^a   Lopez Lozano J M ^b   Royo, G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL VEGA BAJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Duplicates; Urinary infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 12344332694     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2004.09.017     Document Type: Article

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