Urinary tract infections in older women: A clinical review

JAMA

Volumn 311, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 844-854

  Mody, Lona ^a,b   Juthani Mehta, Manisha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFPODOXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DESIPRAMINE; ERTAPENEM; ESTERASE; ESTROGEN; FOSFOMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN TROMETAMOL; GENTAMICIN; NITRITE; NITROFURANTOIN; OXYBUTYNIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SOLIFENACIN; TOLTERODINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DYSURIA; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC CARE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NOCTURIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; URINALYSIS; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; URINE CULTURE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84896714395     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.303     Document Type: Review

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