Frequency and susceptibility profile of pathogens causing urinary tract infections at a tertiary care hospital in western Nepal

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-285

  Das, R N ^a   Chandrashekhar, T S ^b   Joshi, H S ^b   Gurung, M ^a   Shrestha, N ^a   Shivananda, P G ^a  

^a MANIPAL TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^b MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacteriuria; Nosocomial infection; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG MONITORING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; NEWBORN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33645751612     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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