A survey of resident physicians' knowledge regarding urine testing and subsequent antimicrobial treatment

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 892-896

  Drekonja, Dimitri M ^a,b   Abbo, Lilian M ^c,d   Kuskowski, Michael A ^a,e   Gnadt, Christina ^a   Shukla, Bhavarth ^c,d   Johnson, James R ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic bacteriuria; Medical education; Survey; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENT; SELF CONCEPT; URINALYSIS; VIGNETTE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SURVEY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BACTERIAL LOAD; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MINNESOTA; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84884909287     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.01.020     Document Type: Article

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