Does urinary tract infection cause residents' mental status change?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2387-2388

  Drinka, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIURIA; FATIGUE; FEVER; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LETHARGY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALAISE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PYURIA; SPEECH DISORDER; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WEAKNESS;

AGED; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING HOMES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 71549138120     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02603.x     Document Type: Letter

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