Urethral cultures in female patients with a spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 282-285

  Montgomerie, J Z ^a,b,c   McCary, A ^b   Bennett, C J ^a,c   Young, M ^c   Matias, B ^b   Diaz, F ^c   Adkins, R ^c   Anderson, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Rancho Los Amigos Medical Centre   (United States)

^c RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; Enterococcus; Female; Spinal cord injury; Urethral colonization; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MUCOSA; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0030985299     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100434     Document Type: Article

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