Epidemiology and resistance patterns in urinary pathogens from long-term care facilities and GP populations

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Brabazon, E ^a   Carton, M ^b   Dornikova, G ^b   Bedford, D ^a  

^a HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^b CAVAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CIPROFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IRELAND; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME; PRESCRIPTION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROVIDENCIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; URINE CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84864935200     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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