Bundling Out Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection
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Catheter-associated urinary tract infection.
OBJECTIVES To study the incidence, risk factors, clinical outcomes and antibiotic costs of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in patients with indwelling urinary catheter for one week and longer MATERIAL AND METHOD Patients in neurology and neurosurgery wards in a teaching hospital were studied. Patients with UTI before catheterization and in whom the catheter was removed be...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0972-5229,1998-359X
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23493