Urology
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 77-82 , January 2010

Infectious Complications in Patients With Chronic Bacteriuria Undergoing Major Urologic Surgery

  • Jessica T. Casey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Ronak Patel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Lauren P. Wallner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Department of Urology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Bradley A. Erickson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Stephanie J. Kielb

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • J. Quentin Clemens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: J. Quentin Clemens, M.D., Department of Urology, University of Michigan, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48130

Received 24 March 2009 ,Accepted 10 September 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)02560-6

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.09.022

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 77-82 , January 2010

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