Hospital-acquired urinary tract infection

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 388-391

  Kalsi, J S ^a   Arya, M ^a   Wilson, P ^a   Mundy, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NETILMICIN; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SILVER; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CATHETERIZATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERIAL COATING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0038758024     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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