Antibiotic screening of urine culture as a useful quality audit

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 299-302

  Wilson, Godwin ^a,b   Badarudeen, Shaherudeen ^a   Godwin, Angela ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Antibiotic History; Drug resistance; Urine antibiotic assay; Urine culture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL HISTORY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 79955820849     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.923     Document Type: Article

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