Catheter-Associated UTIs Are Rarely Symptomatic
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Catheter-associated urinary tract infection is rarely symptomatic: a prospective study of 1,497 catheterized patients.
BACKGROUND Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is the most common nosocomial infection, accounting for more than 1 million cases each year in US hospitals and nursing homes. OBJECTIVE To define the clinical features of CAUTI. SETTING AND PATIENTS A university hospital; 1,497 newly catheterized patients. DESIGN Every day that the catheter was in place, a quantitative urine ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1017/s0195941700042971