Urinary tract infection in older adults

Aging Health

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 519-528

  Rowe, Theresa A ^a   Juthani Mehta, Manisha ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; asymptomatic bacteriuria; elderly; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ESTROGEN; NITROFURAL; NITROFURANTOIN; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SILVER;

AGING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CRANBERRY; CRANBERRY JUICE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84885171150     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/ahe.13.38     Document Type: Review

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