Susceptibility of Escherichia coli strains isolated from outpatient children with community-acquired urinary tract infection in southern Switzerland

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2090-2095

  Borsari, Andrea G ^a   Bucher, Barbara ^a   Brazzola, Pierluigi ^a   Simonetti, Giacomo D ^a   Dolina, Marisa ^b   Bianchetti, Mario G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Cantonal Institute of Microbiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

antimicrobial resistance; children; Escherichia coli; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFPODOXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; EMERGENCY WARD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; SWITZERLAND; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NITROFURANTOIN; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 57649202584     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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