Prospective study of individuals with long-term urinary catheters colonized with Proteus species

BJU International

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-128

  Mathur, Sunil ^a   Suller, Marc T E ^c   Stickler, David J ^b   Feneley, Roger C L ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial biofilms; Catheter encrustation; Proteus mirabilis; Urinary pH

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BIOFILM; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URINALYSIS; URINE CATHETER; URINE PH; CATHETERIZATION; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDWELLING CATHETER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; URINE;

BIOFILMS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINE;

EID: 33644794361     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.05868.x     Document Type: Article

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