Bacterial interference in the urinary tract: Editorial commentary

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1535-1536

  Ronald, Allan R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIURIA; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INOCULATION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 27644566669     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497275     Document Type: Note

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