Choice of antibiotic for empirical therapy of acute cystitis in a setting of high antimicrobial resistance

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 53-58

  Biswas, Debasis ^a   Gupta, Pratima ^a   Prasad, Ramjee ^a   Singh, Vikram ^a   Arya, Muktanjali ^a   Kumar, Ashish ^a  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute cystitis; Antibiotic Resistance; Empirical therapy

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNITY; CYSTITIS; DRUG CHOICE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HABITAT SELECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 33645297942     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.19913     Document Type: Article

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