Urinary tract infections in long-term care residents

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-239

  Buhr, Gwendolen T ^a   Genao, Liza ^a   White, Heidi K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic bacteriuria; Bacteriuria; Nursing homes; Urinary Tract Infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ESTROGEN; NITROFURANTOIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CRANBERRY; CRANBERRY JUICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79957905130     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2011.01.007     Document Type: Review

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