Lack of positive association between falls and bacteriuria plus pyuria in older nursing home residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 653-654

  Rowe, Theresa ^a   Towle, Virginia ^a   Van Ness, Peter H ^a   Juthani Mehta, Manisha ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIURIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSURIA; FALLING; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYURIA; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIURIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PYURIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84876212706     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12177     Document Type: Letter

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