TY - JOUR
T1 - Antibiotic resistance trends in paediatric community-acquired first urinary tract infections in the United Arab Emirates
AU - Narchi, H.
AU - Al-Hamdani, M. A.M.
PY - 2010/1
Y1 - 2010/1
N2 - We analysed the trend of antibiotic resistance of community-acquired uropathogens over a 4-year period in a cohort of children with a first episode of culture-proven urinary tract infection presenting to the department of paediatrics at a large general secondary care hospital in the United Arab Emirates. Comparisons were made between 2 time periods: 2003-04 versus 2005-06 for 145 children aged 2 months to 12 years of age. Although some changes in resistance were observed for some antibiotics between the 2 time periods, the differences were not significant, nor were the trends, except for a significant increase in resistance to nitrofurantoin (from 5.4% to 35.6%), with a significant increasing trend over the 4 years.
AB - We analysed the trend of antibiotic resistance of community-acquired uropathogens over a 4-year period in a cohort of children with a first episode of culture-proven urinary tract infection presenting to the department of paediatrics at a large general secondary care hospital in the United Arab Emirates. Comparisons were made between 2 time periods: 2003-04 versus 2005-06 for 145 children aged 2 months to 12 years of age. Although some changes in resistance were observed for some antibiotics between the 2 time periods, the differences were not significant, nor were the trends, except for a significant increase in resistance to nitrofurantoin (from 5.4% to 35.6%), with a significant increasing trend over the 4 years.
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U2 - 10.26719/2010.16.1.45
DO - 10.26719/2010.16.1.45
M3 - Article
C2 - 20214157
AN - SCOPUS:76749134390
SN - 1020-3397
VL - 16
SP - 45
EP - 50
JO - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
JF - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
IS - 1
ER -