Prevalence and predictive features of bacteremic urinary tract infection in emergency department patients

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 349-352

  Bahagon, Y ^a   Raveh, D ^b   Schlesinger, Y ^b   Rudensky, B ^b   Yinnon, A M ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY WARD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILLS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEUKOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34248205755     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0287-3     Document Type: Article

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