Hartmut M Lode
Abstract
Urinary catheters are placed in some 25 percent of hospitalized patients, and each day approximately 5 percent of these patients develop bacteriuria. About 20 percent of those with bacteriuria develop symptomatic urinary tract infection (UTI); up to 4 percent of UTI patients develop bacteremia. Compared with …
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Urinary catheters are placed in some 25 percent of hospitalized patients, and each day approximately 5 percent of these patients develop bacteriuria. About 20 percent of those with bacteriuria develop symptomatic urinary tract infection (UTI); up to 4 percent of UTI patients develop bacteremia. Compared with …
Key concepts: Bacteriuria, Medicine, Urinary system, Bacteremia, Urology, Urine, Urinary catheterization, Intensive care medicine