Editorial commentary: Extended-spectrum -lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in the United States: Time to rethink empirical treatment for suspected E. coli infections?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 649-651

  Foxman, Betsy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

fluoroquinolones; selection; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; FOSFOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PIVMECILLINAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84873634514     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis947     Document Type: Note

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