Spectrum and antibiotic resistance of uropathogens isolated from hospital and community patients with urinary tract infections in two large hospitals in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 401-407

  Al Sweih, Noura ^a   Jamal, Wafaa ^b   Rotimi, V O ^a,b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Urinary tract infection; Uropathogens

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KUWAIT; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECTROSCOPY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 26644465326     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088113     Document Type: Article

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