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Urinary Tract Infection May Not Be the Cause of Delirium

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  1. Department of Geriatric Medicine, Western Health, St Albans, VIC, Australia

    Jillian Chau

  2. Department of Geriatric Medicine, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia

    Benny Katz

  3. Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Benny Katz

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  1. Infectious Diseases and General Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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  2. Rheumatology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Sharmayne Brady

  3. General Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Ar Kar Aung

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Chau, J., Katz, B. (2023). Urinary Tract Infection May Not Be the Cause of Delirium. In: Junckerstorff, R., Brady, S., Aung, A.K. (eds) Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_23

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