Catheter-associated urinary tract infection: Does changing the definition change quality?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 313-315

  Press, Matthew J ^a,d   Metlay, Joshua P ^b,c,d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 84873651888     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669525     Document Type: Article

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