Assessment of the use of urine samples to detect colonization with fluoroquinolone-susceptible and fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli.

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Published in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol on April 01, 2009

Authors

Ebbing Lautenbach1, Andrew Babson, Evelyn Santana, Pam Tolomeo, Nicole Black, Catherine A Smith, Joel Maslow

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. ebbing@mail.med.upenn.edu

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