Increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among Enterobacteriaceae uropathogens in Bangui, Central African Republic

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-190

  Bercion, Raymond ^a,b   Mossoro Kpinde, Dahlia ^a,b   Manirakiza, Alexandre ^a,b   Le Faou, Alain ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL PRINCIPAL DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^b Institut Pasteur de Bangui   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Central Africa; Extended spectrum beta lactamase; Outpatients; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROXOLINE; NORFLOXACIN; TICARCILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649506540     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.34     Document Type: Article

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