Empiric antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infection in preschool children: Susceptibilities of urine sample isolates

Family Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 127-132

  Butler, Christopher C ^a,b   O'Brien, Kathryn ^c   Wootton, Mandy ^d   Pickles, Timothy ^d   Hood, Kerenza ^c   Howe, Robin ^d   Waldron, Cherry Ann ^c   Thomas Jones, Emma ^c   Dudley, Jan ^e   Van Der Voort, Judith ^d   Rumsby, Kate ^f   Little, Paul ^f   Downing, Harriet ^g   Harman, Kim ^f   Hay, Alastair D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b University of South Wales   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^e BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agents; Antibiotic resistance; Diagnosis; Paediatrics; Surveillance; Treatment recommendations; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALEXIN; NITROFURANTOIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84963976428     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmv104     Document Type: Article

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