Predictive value of antimicrobial susceptibility from previous urinary tract infection in the treatment of re-infection

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 576, 2010, Pages 511-513

  Vellinga, Akke ^a   Cormican, Martin ^a,b   Hanahoe, Belinda ^b   Murphy, Andrew W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Escherichia coli; General practice; Predictive value; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; REINFECTION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 78650499349     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp10X514765     Document Type: Article

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