Publications
proteus mirabilis bacteremia: a review of 176 cases during 1980-1992. | patients with proteus mirabilis bacteremia at a large community teaching hospital during a 13-year period (1980-1992) were retrospectively reviewed. there were 176 patients whereof 44 (25%) had polymicrobial bacteremia. the median age of patients was 75 years and 64.2% were 70 years or older. of the patients 56.8% came from a nursing home, 64.2% had an indwelling foley catheter, and 20.5% nosocomial bacteremia. the most common source of bacteremia was the urinary tract (52.8%) whereas the lower ... | 1994 | 7984964 |
urinary lithiasis in the black population: an epidemiological study and review of the literature. | a retrospective review of 199 black patients with urinary calculi and review of the census figures of the index hospitals revealed that white patients had urinary calculi 3 to 4 times as often as black subjects. the black male-to-female ratio was 1 to 1.55 compared to a ratio for white patients of 2.3 to 1. calculi in black male subjects occur at a younger age than in black or white female or white male patients. the most common organisms cultured in black patients with stones were escherichia c ... | 1987 | 3599198 |