Antibiotic sensitivity pattern of common community-acquired uropathogens in children in a Saudi tertiary care hospital

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 565-567

  Al Saif, Manal A ^a   Al Abdi, Sameer Y ^a   Samara, Jumana T ^a   Al Rahman, Najeeb G ^a   Mousa, Taher A ^a   Alabdulbaqi, Moshtag A ^a   Yiannakou, Nearchos G ^a  

^a King Abdul Aziz Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPSILOMETER TEST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PSEUDOMONAS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TEST STRIP; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84861203555     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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