Bacterial isolates and drug susceptibility patterns of urinary tract infection among pregnant women at muhimbili national hospital in Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Moyo, Sabrina J ^a   Aboud, Said ^a   Kasubi, Mabula ^b   Maselle, Samuel Y ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial drug resistance; Pregnant women; Tanzania; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METICILLIN; NITROFURANTOIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIURIA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROTEUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TANZANIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 79957868616     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v12i4.52997     Document Type: Article

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