Hospital and community isolates of uropathogens at a tertiary hospital in South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 584-587

  Habte, T M ^a   Dube, S ^a   Ismail, N ^b   Hoosen, A A ^b  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DIVERSUS; CITROBACTER; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG SCREENING; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA OZAENAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIURIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTEUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 70049091983     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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