Urinary tract infection: Aetiology and antimicrobial resistance pattern in infants from a tertiary care hospital in North India

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages DC01-DC03

  Kaur, Nirmaljit ^a   Sharma, Shweta ^a   Malhotra, Shalini ^a   Madan, Preeti ^a   Hans, Charoo ^a  

^a DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescription policy; Antibiotic sensitivity; Infant UTI

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA; CHILD; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84907873911     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/8772.4919     Document Type: Article

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