Adult and Pediatric Intra-Institutional Trends of Ciprofloxacin Susceptibility in E. coli Positive Urinary Cultures

Antimicrobial drug resistance in treatment of urinary tract infection (UTI) continues to rise worldwide. To examine contributions of physician prescribing patterns to fluoroquinolone (ciprofloxacin, CP) resistance, we examined Escherichia coli (E. coli) resistance patterns in urinary cultures. Since...

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Main Authors: Winifred Owumi, Niaz Banaei, Linda D. Shortliffe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-04-01
Series:Antibiotics
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/3/2/163