Antimicrobial susceptibility of organisms causing community-acquired urinary tract infections in Gauteng Province, South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 377-381

  Lewis, D A ^a,b,c   Gumede, L Y E ^a   Van der Hoven, L A ^d   De Gita, G D ^a   De Kock, E J E ^e   De Lange, T ^f   Maseko, V ^a   Kekana, V ^a   Smuts, F P ^d   Perovic, O ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e Retrasol Research and Training Solutions   (South Africa)

^f DamaneX   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFIXIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84878374607     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.6722     Document Type: Article

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