Prevalence and antibiogram of uncomplicated lower urinary tract infections in human population of Gilgit, Northern areas of Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-301

  Ahmed, Khalil ^a   Imran, ^a  

^a KARAKORAM INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antibiogram; Prevalence; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; URINE;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIRABILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS (ENTEROBACTERIA); PROTEUS SP.; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SP. 3;

EID: 48849088006     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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