Uropathogens and empiric antibiotics for the treatment of urinary tract infections in spinal cord injured patients at Rehabilitation Center, Thai Red Cross Society during 2001 to 2005

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2482-2486

  Tantisiriwat, Natthiya ^a   Kittisomprayoonkul, Wasuwat ^b   Sukonthamarn, Kwanyupa ^a   Unhasuta, Chudaachhara ^c   Suankratay, Chusana ^c   Tantisiriwat, Woraphot ^d   Aksaranugraha, Sek ^a  

^a THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^b KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Intermittent catheterization; Spinal cord injury; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CITROBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; REHABILITATION CENTER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADULT; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RED CROSS; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THAILAND; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 37149054943     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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