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Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole Resistance in Urinary Tract Infections
The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 05/08/09
Guneysel O et al. - The authors obtained information from 274 files of patients who had been diagnosed with UTI. The most frequently isolated pathogen was Escherichia coli (54%). Of the 274 patients diagnosed with UTI, 251 had been started on empiric antibiotics. The most frequently prescribed antibiotics were FQs, and the first choice in this group was ofloxacin. The resistance rate for TMP/SMX was 34% and all of the resistant microorganisms were E. coli. The resistance rate for the FQ group was 16.4% and resistant microorganisms were E. coli. In the treatment of UTIs in the patient population, the most prescribed antibiotics were FQs.
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