Evaluation of intensive care unit-acquired urinary tract infections in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 460-465

  Tay, Mindy K X ^a   Lee, Joyce Y C ^a,b   Wee, Ian Y J ^c   Oh, Helen M L ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

^c CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Medical and surgical ICUs; Nosocomial UTI; Outcomes; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CANDIDA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; CROSS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954474130     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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