Clinical investigation of isolated bacteria from urinary tracts of hospitalized patients and their susceptibilities to antibiotics

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-22

  Shigemura, Katsumi ^a   Arakawa, Soichi ^a   Tanaka, Kazushi ^a   Fujisawa, Masato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Quality of causative bacteria; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTIAM; CEFOZOPRAN; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; FLOMOXEF; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INOCULATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 62449263595     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-008-0652-x     Document Type: Article

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