Diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection in hospitalized older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-114

  Woodford, Henry J ^a   George, James ^a  

^a CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hospital admission; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALEXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 58149242747     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02073.x     Document Type: Article

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