Bacteremic Urosepsis: A Phenomenon Unique to Elderly Women
- 1 February 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 133 (2) , 174-175
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)48869-0
Abstract
Bacteremia constitutes a major challenge to the aged patient because the pathophysiological derangements that ensue pose an immediate threat to life. Compared to younger adults the elderly suffer bacteremia more frequently in association with pneumococcal pneumonia and Salmonella enteritis/colitis. A prospective study to detect bacteremia was performed on 68 consecutive women with pyelonephritis requiring hospitalization. Bacteremia apparently occurs more frequently in elderly than in young women with nonobstructive pyelonephritis.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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