Optimal management of urinary tract infections in older people

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 173-180

  Beveridge, Louise A ^a   Davey, Peter G ^b   Phillips, Gabby ^c   McMurdo, Marion E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Review; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANBERRY JUICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 80755180911     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/cia.s13423     Document Type: Review

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