Prevalence of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from urine samples routinely referred by general practitioners in a large urban centre in south-west England

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2167-2169

  Chin, Teh Li ^a   Macgowan, Alasdair P ^a   Bowker, Karen E ^a   Elder, Felicity ^a   Beck, Charles R ^b   Mcnulty, Cliodna ^c  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Gloucester Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Surveillance; Urinary

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFIXIME; CEFRADINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSERINE; DOXYCYCLINE; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MECILLINAM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TAZOBACTAM; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84936930015     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkv050     Document Type: Letter

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