Asymptomatic bacteriuria and inflammatory response to urinary tract infection of elderly ambulatory women in nursing homes

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-32

  Aguirre Avalos, Guadalupe ^a   Zavala Silva, Martha Luz ^a   Díaz Nava, Aurora ^a   Amaya Tapia, Gerardo ^a   Aguilar Benavides, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic bacteriuria; Bacteriuria; Elderly women; Pyuria

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PYURIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; BACTERIURIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICO; NURSING HOMES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PYURIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033021699     PISSN: 01880128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-0128(98)00012-8     Document Type: Article

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