The aging urinary tract and asymptomatic bacteriuria

Clinical Geriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 17-22

  Benton, Timothy J ^a   Nixon Lewis, Beverly ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 33847192091     PISSN: 10951598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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