Bacteriuria and urinary infections in the elderly

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-54

  Childs, S J ^a   Egan, R J ^a  

^a Cheyenne Urological   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; CELL RECEPTOR; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TAMM HORSFALL GLYCOPROTEIN; UREASE;

AGED; AGING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIURIA; BIOFILM; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDWELLING CATHETER; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; REVIEW; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0029870029     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(05)70292-5     Document Type: Article

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