A study of the microbiology of breast abscess in a teaching hospital in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 422-426

  Al Benwan, Khalifa ^a   Al Mulla, Ahmed ^a   Rotimi, Vincent O ^b  

^a AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Abscess; Antibiotic susceptibility; Breast; Etiology

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AEROBIC CELL CULTURE; AGED; ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES; BREAST ABSCESS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CITROBACTER KOSERI; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KUWAIT; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; KUWAIT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; VANCOMYCIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960527546     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327659     Document Type: Article

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