Clinical features to identify urinary tract infection in nursing home residents: A cohort study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 963-970

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

^a School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Definition; Infection control; Long term care; Nursing home; UTI

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PYURIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 66549100640     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02227.x     Document Type: Article

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