Controlling antimicrobial use and decreasing microbiological laboratory tests for urinary tract infections in spinal-cord-injury patients with chronic indwelling catheters

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-77

  Shah, Palak S ^a   Cannon, Joan P ^b   Sullivan, Christine L ^b   Nemchausky, Bernard ^b   Pachucki, Constance T ^b  

^a Caremark   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiinfective agents; Catheters; Costs; Drug use; Economics; Resistance; Spinal cord injuries; Tests, laboratory; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUPRAPUBIC CATHETER; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 15444369626     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/62.1.74     Document Type: Article

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