Purple urine bags: A geriatric presentation of lower urinary tract infection

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1481-1482

  Coquard, A ^a   Martin, E ^a   Jego, A ^a   Capet, C ^a   Chassagne, P H ^a   Doucet, J ^a   Bercoff, E ^a  

^a Dept de Médecine Interne Ctr Hosp Univ Rouen Boisguillaume   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CATHETER; URINE COLOR;

EID: 0032711447     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01579.x     Document Type: Letter

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