Urinary tract infections in the elderly

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 330-333

  Matsumoto, Tetsuro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrob Agent; Fluoroquinolones; Nursing Home; Pyelonephritis; Urinary Tract Infection

Indexed keywords

URINARY TRACT ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0035427942     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-001-0073-1     Document Type: Article

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