Asymptomatic bacteriuria in the nursing home

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 17-22

  Benton, Timothy J ^a   Young, Rodney B ^a   Leeper, Stephanie C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; QUINOLONE;

ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 33746924821     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: 15247929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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