Extremely high prevalence of multi-resistance among uropathogens from hospitalised children in Beira, Mozambique

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 382-386

  van der Meeren, B T ^a,b   Chhaganlal, K D ^c   Pfeiffer, A ^a   Gomez, E ^c   Ferro, J J ^a   Hilbink, M ^b   Macome, C ^c   van der Vondervoort, F J ^b   Steidel, K ^a   Wever, P C ^b  

^a Ilha de Moc mbique   (Mozambique)

^b JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Hospital Central da Beira   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGEN;

EID: 84878368976     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.5941     Document Type: Article

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