Asymptomatic bacteriuria in the elderly: High prevalence and high turnover of strains

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 804-810

  Rodhe, Nils ^a   Löfgren, Sture ^c   Matussek, Andreas ^c,d   André, Malin ^a   Englund, Lars ^a,b   Kühn, Inger ^e   Mölstad, Sigvard ^f,g  

^a Centre for Clinical Research   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f Unit of Research and Development in Primary Care   (Sweden)

^g LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIURIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 52349105432     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802195242     Document Type: Article

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