Prevention of Catheter Infection of Urine in Female Patients
BMJPublished 7 July 1962Open access
W. A. Gillespie, G. Gordon Lennon, K. B. Linton, N. Slade
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Urinary infection should be suspected in all cases of anaemia which have not responded to routine iron and folic-acid therapy, and once diagnosed should be treated promptly and energetically.
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Journal of Clinical PathologyTHE DIAGNOSIS, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF URINARY INFECTION IN UROLOGY AND GYNAECOLOGY
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