The relationship between pyuria and infection in patients with indwelling urinary catheters: A prospective study of 761 patients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 673-677

  Tambyah, Paul A ^a   Maki, Dennis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CATHETER; URINE CULTURE; URINE CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIURIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYURIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0034642967     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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