Catheter-associated urinary tract infection is rarely symptomatic: A prospective study of 1497 catheterized patients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 678-682

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

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

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CATHETER; URINE CULTURE; URINE CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034643067     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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