Efficacy of pivmecillinam for treatment of lower urinary tract infection caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-192

  Titelman, Emilia ^a   Iversen, Aina ^a   Kalin, Mats ^a   Giske, Christian G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROFURANTOIN; PIVMECILLINAM; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AMDINOCILLIN PIVOXIL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84859619515     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2011.0161     Document Type: Article

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