Urinary Culture in an Elderly Person in Institutional Care
Urinary culture in an elderly person in institutional care. Indications for urine culture in an elderly person in institutional care.
Picture and text: [Urinary tract infections.] A Current Care Guideline. Working group appointed by the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim, the Finnish Society of Nephrology, the Clinical Microbiologists Society, the Infectious Diseases Society of Finland, the Finnish Medical Association of Clinical Chemistry, the Finnish Paediatric Society, the Finnish Urological Society, and the Finnish Association for General Practice. Helsinki: Finnish Medical Society Duodecim 2023. Available in Finnish at
http://www.kaypahoito.fi/hoi10050.References
- Loeb M, Brazil K, Lohfeld L et al. Effect of a multifaceted intervention on number of antimicrobial prescriptions for suspected urinary tract infections in residents of nursing homes: cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2005;331(7518):669 [PubMed]
Primary/Secondary Keywords
- urinary tract infections
- urinary testing
- urine testing
- urinary culture
- urine
- bacterial culture
- UTI
- urinary bacterial culture
- urine bacterial culture
- urine bacteria
- urinary bacteria
- Urology
- Geriatrics
- elderly
- the elderly
- long-term care
- institutional care
- institute
- urinary catheter
- catheter