Occurrence of candiduria in a population of chronically catheterized patients with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-54

  Goetz, L L ^a,b   Howard, M ^a   Cipher, D ^c,d   Revankar, S G ^e  

^a VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Dallas VA Research Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candiduria; Spinal cord injury; Urinary catheter

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; NYSTATIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CANDIDURIA; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION RISK; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRIPLEGIA; REINFECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANDIDIASIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VETERANS;

EID: 75149127678     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2009.81     Document Type: Article

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