title: Association between fluoroquinolone resistance and resistance to other antimicrobial agents among Escherichia coli urinary isolates in the outpatient setting: a national cross-sectional study.
authors: Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA tjhwang@fas.harvard.edu.
authors: Thomas J
authors: TJ
authors: Hwang
authors: Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors: David C
authors: DC
authors: Hooper
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D024841:Fluoroquinolones / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010045:Outpatients; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones
keywords: E. coli; ambulatory care; antimicrobial resistance; evidence-based prescribing; public health; surveillance; urinary tract infections