Antibacterial susceptibility of some urinary tract pathogens to commonly used antibiotics

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1562-1565

  Tambekar, D H ^a   Dhanorkar, D V ^a   Gulhane, S R ^a   Khandelwal, V K ^a   Dudhane, M N ^b  

^a SANT GADGE BABA AMRAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Dr PDM Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Bacterial resistance; MAR index; Uropathogens

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFDINIR; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; NOVOBIOCIN; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG USE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33748776901     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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