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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 40, 2008 - Issue 10
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Original Article

Asymptomatic bacteriuria in the elderly: High prevalence and high turnover of strains

Nils Rodhe From the Centre for Clinical Research, Dalarna; Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Section, Uppsala University, UppsalaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sture Löfgren Department of Clinical Microbiology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, County Hospital Ryhov, Jönköping
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Andreas Matussek Department of Clinical Microbiology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, County Hospital Ryhov, Jönköping; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Capio Diagnostik AB, Capio St Görans Hospital, Stockholm
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Malin André From the Centre for Clinical Research, Dalarna
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Lars Englund From the Centre for Clinical Research, Dalarna; Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Section, Uppsala University, Uppsala
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Inger Kühn Department of Microbiology, Tumour and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
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Sigvard Mölstad Unit of Research and Development in Primary Care, Jönköping; Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Pages 804-810 | Received 14 Apr 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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