Antimicrobial resistance in urinary bacterial isolates from pregnant women in rural Tanzania: Implications for public health

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 262-268

  Blomberg, Bjørn ^a   Olsen, Bjørg Evjen ^a,b   Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund ^a,b   Langeland, Nina ^a   Gasheka, Petro ^b   Jureen, Roland ^a   Kvåle, Gunnar ^a   Midtvedt, Tore ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MECILLINAM; NITROFURANTOIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TANZANIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 17444408957     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410021045     Document Type: Article

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