Urethral cultures in patients with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 106-109

  Levendoglu, F ^a   Ugurlu, H ^a   Ozerbil, O M ^a   Tuncer, I ^a   Ural, O ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacteriuria; Neuropathic bladder; Spinal cord injury; Urethral cultures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIURIA; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS; REHABILITATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; BACTERIURIA; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINE;

EID: 1342343955     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101554     Document Type: Article

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