Clinical presentation of urinary tract infection (UTI) differs with aging in women

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 145-147

  Arinzon, Zeev ^a,b   Shabat, Shay ^a,b,c   Peisakh, Alexander ^b   Berner, Yitshal ^a,c  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Leumit Research Institue   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Postmenopausal; Premenopausal women; Urinary tract infection; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTALGIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; URINE CULTURE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 84861189671     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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