Bacteremic urinary tract infection in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 927-933

  Ackermann, Richard J ^a,c   Monroe, Patrick W ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0029848519     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01862.x     Document Type: Article

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