Risk factors for nosocomial urinary tract infection

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1986, Pages 977-985

  Platt, Richard ^a   Polk, B Frank ^a,c   Murdock, Bridget ^a   Rosner, Bernard ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheters; Cross infection; Indwelling; Morbidity; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

BLADDER; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0023026243     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114487     Document Type: Article

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