Urinary infections in patients with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 549-552

  Penders, J ^a   Huylenbroeck, A A Y ^a   Everaert, K ^a   Van Laere, M ^a   Verschraegen, G L C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Infection; Spinal cord injury; Urine

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TEMOCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIURIA; BELGIUM; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICTURITION; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURNOVER TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 0141991274     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101499     Document Type: Article

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