Bacteremic urinary tract infection in hospitalized older patient - Fare any currently available diagnostic criteria sensitive enough?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 567-568

  Woodford, Henry J ^a   Graham, Clive ^a   Meda, Manjula ^a   Miciuleviciene, Jolanta ^b  

^a Lillyhall Business Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b National Public Health Surveillance Laboratory   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSURIA; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79952554253     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03284.x     Document Type: Letter

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