Asymptomatic bacteriuria: When to screen and when to treat

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 367-394

  Nicolle, Lindsay E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTOKINE; ESTERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NITRITE; NITROFURANTOIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BLADDER EMPTYING; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDWELLING CATHETER; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYELONEPHRITIS; PYURIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; UROLITHIASIS; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

EID: 0038270588     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(03)00008-4     Document Type: Review

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