Asymptomatic bacteriuria in sickle cell disease: A cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Cumming, Vanessa ^a   Ali, Susanna ^a   Roye Green, Karen ^b   Reid, Marvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROTEINURIA; PYURIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; AGE; BACTERIURIA; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BACTERIURIA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; URIC ACID;

EID: 33645763984     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-46     Document Type: Article

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