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Bacteriuria and vitamin D deficiency: a cross sectional study of 385 nursing home residents

BACKGROUND: Up to half of elderly people at nursing homes have asymptomatic bacteriuria, and concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) are generally low. Vitamin D is a modulator of the immune system and involved in protection of the epithelium in the urinary tract as well. The objective was to...

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Autores principales: Arnljots, Rebeka, Snaebjörnsson Arnljots, Egill, Thorn, Jörgen, Elm, Marie, Moore, Michael, Sundvall, Pär-Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6937784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31888514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1400-z