Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 45-50 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2010 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine
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