Reply to Dr. Snustad

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2158-2159

  High, Kevin P ^a   Yoshikawa, Thomas T ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONG TERM CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PYURIA; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 70350435817     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02534.x     Document Type: Letter

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