Nosocomial urinary tract infections: Many unresolved questions

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 521-522

  Gastmeier, P ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CATHETER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0035494997     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2001.00353.x     Document Type: Editorial

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