Asymptomatic bacteriuria among the institutionalized elderly

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 213-217

  Lin, Yi Ting ^a   Chen, Liang Kung ^a,b   Lin, Ming Hsien ^a,b   Hwang, Shinn Jang ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic bacteriuria; Institutionalized elderly; Nutritional status; Urinary catheterization; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BALLOON CATHETER; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION RISK; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; SEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; URINALYSIS; URINE CATHETER;

EID: 33745727350     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70221-7     Document Type: Article

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