Chronic indwelling catheter replacement before antimicrobial therapy for symptomatic urinary tract infection

Journal of Urology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1254-1258

  Raz, Raul ^b   Schiller, David ^b   Nicolle, Lindsay E ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Catheterization, urethral; Nursing home; Urethra; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0033817878     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67150-9     Document Type: Article

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