A comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility profile of urinary pathogens for the years, 1999 and 2003

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-99

  Orrett, F A ^a   Davis, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CITROBACTER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33746502036     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442006000200006     Document Type: Article

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