Proteus bacteriuria is associated with significant morbidity in spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 616-620

  Hung, E W ^a   Darouiche, R O ^b   Trautner, B W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriuria; Proteus; Spinal cord injury; Urinary stones

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER STONE; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URETER CATHETERIZATION; UROLITHIASIS;

BACTERIURIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROTEUS; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TEXAS; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 34548508887     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102004     Document Type: Article

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