Garyounis Medical Journal. 1985; 8 (2): 155-8
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-5732
ABSTRACT
A prospective study was carried out to discover the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria among Libyan adults attending one of the polyclinics at Benghazi for reasons other than urinary complaints. A total of 628 cases were screened. Covert bacteriuria was found in 4.5% males were bacteriuric. Escherichia coli was the commonest organism isolated from these patients. An increased resistance was found to some of the commonly prescribed antibiotics, especially ampicillin [75% resistant] cotrimoxazole [62%] and teracyclin [62%]. Nitrofurantoin was active against 81% and cephaloridine against 87.5% of isolate
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Mass Screening
Type of study:
Screening study
Language:
English
Journal:
Garyounis Med. J.
Year:
1985
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