Evolution of bacterial susceptibility pattern of Escherichia coli in uncomplicated urinary tract infections in a country with high antibiotic consumption: A comparison of two surveys with a 10 year interval

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 364-368

  De Backer, David ^a   Christiaens, Thierry ^a,b   Heytens, Stefan ^a   De sutter, An ^a,b   Stobberingh, Ellen E ^c   Verschraegen, Gerda ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cystitis; Resistance; Uropathogens

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MEROPENEM; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE; NITROFURANTOIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; TEMOCILLIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROTEUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREND STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BELGIUM; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CYSTITIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47249120504     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn197     Document Type: Article

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