Antibiotic treatment and resistance of unselected uropathogens in the elderly

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 236-241

  Nys, Sita ^a   Van Merode, T ^b   Bartelds, A I M ^c   Stobberingh, E E ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotic treatment; Diagnostic tests; Elderly; UTIs

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ESTERASE; NITRITE; NITROFURANTOIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 32644488898     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2005.10.015     Document Type: Article

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