Adverse outcomes in nursing home residents with increased episodes of observed bacteriuria

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-86

  Das, Rituparna ^a   Towle, Virginia ^a   Van Ness, Peter H ^a   Juthani Mehta, Manisha ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CATHETER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIURIA; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 78650790720     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657664     Document Type: Article

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