The relative importance of Staphylococcus saprophyticus as a urinary tract pathogen: Distribution of bacteria among urinary samples analysed during 1 year at a major Swedish laboratory

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Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-78

  Eriksson, Andreas ^a   Giske, Christian G ^b   Ternhag, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Seasonality; Staphylococcus saprophyticus; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; SWEDEN; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871647521     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2012.02937.x     Document Type: Article

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