Short versus long course of antibiotics for catheter-associated urinary tract infections in patients with spinal cord injury: A randomized controlled noninferiority trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 290-296

  Darouiche, Rabih O ^a,b   Al Mohajer, Mayar ^c   Siddiq, Danish M ^a,b   Minard, Charles G ^b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheters; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYURIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URETHRA; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ADVERSE EVENT; AE; CA-UTI; CATHETER-ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETERS; CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; END OF THERAPY; EOT; MEDVAMC; MICHAEL E. DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER; REHABILITATION; SCI; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UTI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84893708724     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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