Antibiotic resistance pattern and empirical therapy for urinary tract infections in children

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 854-858

  Al Harthi, Abdulla A ^a   Al Fifi, Suliman H ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFACLOR; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS; SAUDI ARABIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 49149106174     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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