Enterococcal urinary tract infections in a teaching hospital.

European journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 6 ·No. 5 ·1987-10-00 ·Pages 574-5

Lemoine L, Hunter PR

Abstract

A six year retrospective survey of enterococcal urinary tract infections in hospital inpatients is reported. During the study period there was an increase in the proportion of significant cultures that yielded enterococci. These organisms were more frequently isolated from catheter specimens than midstream specimens of urine and from surgical than from medical wards.

MeSH Terms

Bacteriuria Cross Infection/epidemiology,microbiology Hospitals, Teaching Humans Retrospective Studies Streptococcal Infections/epidemiology,microbiology Streptococcus/isolation & purification Urinary Catheterization/adverse effects Urinary Tract Infections/microbiology

Authors & Affiliations

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Lemoine L

Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.

Hunter P R

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Article Info

Journal

European journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

Eur J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0722-2211

DOI

10.1007/BF02014250

Published

1987-10-00

Pages

574-5

Language

English

Region

Germany

NLM ID

8219582

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF02014250

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