Current efficacy of antibiotics against Klebsiella isolates from urine samples - A multi-centric experience in Karachi

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-15

  Abdullah, Farhan Essa ^a   Mushtaq, Ammara ^a   Irshad, Mubashira ^a   Rauf, Hiba ^a   Afzal, Noureen ^b   Rasheed, Abdur ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Antimicrobial resistance; Clinical isolates; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFRADINE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NITROFURANTOIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPEMIDIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF MEDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872191499     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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