Bacteriuria in Elderly Institutionalized Men

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 309, Issue 23, 1983, Pages 1420-1425

  Nicolle, Lindsay E ^a   Bjornson, Janet ^a   Harding, Godfrey K M ^a   Macdonell, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; TOBRAMYCIN;

AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERIATRIC WARD; HUMAN; MORTALITY; THERAPY; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 0021086236     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198312083092304     Document Type: Article

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