Antibiotic resistance of urinary tract pathogens and evaluation of empirical treatment in Turkish children with urinary tract infections

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 413-416

  Yüksel, Selçuk ^a   Öztürk, Burcu ^a   Kavaz, Asli ^a   Özçakar, Z Birsin ^a   Acar, Banu ^a   Güriz, Haluk ^a   Aysev, Derya ^a   Ekim, Mesiha ^a   Yalçinkaya, Fatoş ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance pattern; Empirical treatment; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURKEY (BIRD); URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NITROFURANTOIN; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; TURKEY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33750322454     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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