Seasonality of urinary tract infections in the United Kingdom in different age groups: Longitudinal analysis of The Health Improvement Network (THIN)

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 37-45

  Rosello, A ^a,b   Pouwels, K B ^a,c   Domenech De Celles M ^d   Van Kleef, E ^e,f   Hayward, A C ^b   Hopkins, S ^a,g   Robotham, J V ^a   Smieszek, T ^a,c   Opatowski, L ^d   Deeny, S R ^h  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h Health Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

seasonality; The Health Improvement Network; Urinary tract infections (UTIs)

Indexed keywords

NITROFURANTOIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; URINARY TRACT ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DIFFERENCE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; PATIENT REFERRAL; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROFURANTOIN; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEASONS; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85041238516     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881700259X     Document Type: Article

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