Urinary tract infection in South Jordanian population

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-11

  Khleifat, Khaled M ^a   Abboud, Muayad M ^a   Omar, Sharaf S ^a   Al Kurishy, Jafar H ^a  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Jordan; Serotype; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CITROBACTER; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JORDAN; KLEBSIELLA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEROTYPE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 33644614288     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2006.5.11     Document Type: Article

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