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Antimicrobial sensitivities in urinary tract infections in men

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Six-thousand-seven-hunderd and forty-nine positive urine cultures from a large metropolitan Veterans Administration hospital were analyzed with respect to the organisms isolated and their antimicrobial sensitivies. A “predicted therapeutic efficacy index” was calculated for each antimicrobial agent tested. Gram-negative pathogens accounted for 84% of the infections. Proteus infections outnumbered those due to strains ofEscherichia coli. Gentamycin was found to be the most effective antimicrobial agent.

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  1. Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., USA

    M. Hanno, F. Shofer, R. Fritz, S. Grant Mulholland & A. J. Wein

  2. Veterans Administration hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., USA

    M. Hanno, F. Shofer, R. Fritz, S. Grant Mulholland & A. J. Wein

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Hanno, M., Shofer, F., Fritz, R. et al. Antimicrobial sensitivities in urinary tract infections in men. International Urology and Nephrology 12, 283–290 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02082465

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