A quantitative study of genital skin flora and urinary colonization in spinal cord injured patients

Spinal Cord

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 617-620

  Hamamci, N ^a   Dursun, E ^a   Akbas, E ^b   Aktepe, O C ^b   Cakc A ^c  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Tuberkuloz Ref ve Arastirma Lab   (Turkey)

^c Ankara Rehabilitation Center Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Genital flora; Spinal cord injury; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PENIS; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN FLORA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0031716873     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100661     Document Type: Article

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