Increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance and multi drug resistance among uropathogens

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 102-108

  Anandkumar, H ^a   Kapur, Indu ^a   Dayanand, A ^b  

^a GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KBN Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Urinary tract infection; Uropathogens

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROFURANTOIN; PREVALENCE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 4444274883     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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