Antimicrobial resistance problems in a University Hospital

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1714-1718

  Ozumba, Uchenna Chinedu ^a,b  

^a University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibiotic policy; Antimicrobial resistance; Empirical prescription

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; SULBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONJUNCTIVA; CROSS INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; LABORATORY TEST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINALYSIS; WOUND;

AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; GENTAMICINS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; NIGERIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 28644436602     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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