Predicting in vivo effectiveness from in vitro susceptibility: A step closer to performing testing of uropathogens in human urine

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 714-715

  Cunha, Burke A ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; FOSFOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; URINARY EXCRETION; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE; URINE PH;

GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84865319052     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2012.673731     Document Type: Letter

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