Open AccessAntibiotic susceptibility patterns of urinary pathogens in female outpatients
Author(s) -
Iram Shaifali,
Uma Gupta,
Syed Esam Mahmood,
Jawed Ahmed
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.94940
Subject(s) - nitrofurantoin , medicine , antibiotics , urinary system , klebsiella pneumoniae , urine , observational study , outpatient clinic , antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , escherichia coli , biology , biochemistry , gene
Urinary tract Infection (UTI) is among the most common infections described in outpatient setting and hospital patients. In almost all cases empirical antimicrobial treatment initiates before the laboratory results of urine culture are available; thus antibiotic resistance may increase in uropathogens due to frequent use of antibiotics.