Management of complicated urinary tract infection in older patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1235-1241

  Yoshikawa, Thomas T ^a,d   Nicolle, Lindsay E ^b   Norman, Dean C ^c  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KING DREW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CATHETER; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0029839461     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01376.x     Document Type: Article

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