Hospital acquired pre-prostatectomy bacteriuria: Risk factors and implications

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-110

  Ibrahim, A I A ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK FACTOR; URINE RETENTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIURIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0030077755     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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