Antibiotics susceptibility pattern of uropathogenic bacterial isolates from community- and hospital- acquired urinary tract infections in a Nigerian tertiary hospital

Internet Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Nwadioha, S I ^a   Nwokedi, E E ^a   Jombo, G T A ^a   Kashibu, E ^b   Alao, O O ^a  

^a BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibiotics susceptibility pattern; Urinary tract infection; Uropathogens

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 77953248988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15288366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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