Diagnostic accuracy of criteria for urinary tract infection in a cohort of nursing home residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1072-1077

  Juthani Mehta, Manisha ^a   Tinetti, Mary ^a   Perrelli, Eleanor ^a   Towle, Virginia ^a   Van Ness, Peter H ^a   Quagliarello, Vincent ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term care facilities; Nursing homes; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRESCRIPTION; PYURIA; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34347386689     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01217.x     Document Type: Article

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