Clinical complications of urinary catheters caused by crystalline biofilms: Something needs to be done

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 120-129

  Stickler, D J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial biofilms; Foley catheters; Proteus mirabilis; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; NITROFURAL; PHOSPHATE; SILVER; UREA; UREASE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER DISTENSION; BLADDER STONE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; FOLEY BALLOON CATHETER; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PYELONEPHRITIS; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA; URINALYSIS; URINARY CATHETER;

BACTERIAL BIOFILMS; FOLEY CATHETERS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

BIOFILMS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CITRATES; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; TIME FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY CATHETERS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 84903569951     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joim.12220     Document Type: Review

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