Antibiotic resistance patterns of pediatric community-acquired urinary infections

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 321-323

  Medeiros Guidoni, Eliana Biondi ^a   Berezin, Eitan N ^a,b   Nigro, Stanley ^a   Santiago, Nataly A ^a   Benini, Vanda ^a   Toporovski, Julio ^a  

^a IRMANDADE DA SANTA CASA DE MISERICÓRDIA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial resistance; Escherichia coli; Pediatrics urinary tract infection; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORGANELLA MORGANII; PREVALENCE; PROTEUS; PROVIDENCIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 60649105808     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-86702008000400013     Document Type: Article

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