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Molecular epidemiology of asymptomatic bacteriuria in the elderly.
Age and ageing - 1 Nov 2003
Rahav Galia, Pinco Erica, Bachrach Gilad, Bercovier Herve
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OBJECTIVES: to determine the incidence and the dynamics of asymptomatic bacteriuria in ambulatory nursing home residents, and to characterise bacteria according to their phenotype and genotype. DESIGN: an 18 months prospective longitudinal study. SUBJECTS: 42 nursing home residents (31 female, 11 males) without indwelling catheters. METHODS: urine was sampled every 3 months. Antibiograms, biotyping and ribotyping...
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