Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of catheter-aassociated urinary tract infection in adults: 2009 international clinical practice guidelines from the infectious diseases society of America

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 625-663

  Hooton, Thomas M ^a   Bradley, Suzanne F ^c   Cardenas, Diana D ^b   Colgan, Richard ^d   Geerlings, Suzanne E ^g   Rice, James C ^e,k   Sanjay Saint, ^c   Anthony J Schaeffer, ^f   Paul A Tambayh, ^h   Peter Tenke, ⁱ   Lindsay E Nicolle, ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

ⁱ University of Manitoba ^*  (Hungary)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^k SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CRANBERRY EXTRACT; METHENAMINE;

CATHETER INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 76749145037     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650482     Document Type: Review

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