Managing urinary tract infections: Guide for nursing home practitioners

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 25-30

  Kamel, Hosam K ^a,b  

^a St Joseph's Mercy Health Center Hot Springs   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCACEAE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LONG TERM CARE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 25444444991     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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