Table 2 Most frequent bacterial aetiology of complicated urinary tract infections according to source of infection (sources = 948, isolations = 1074)
Source (n = 948) | E. coli n = 559 (52%) | K. pneumoniae n = 168 (15.6%) | P. aeruginosa n = 97 (9%) | P. mirabilis n = 79 (7.3%) | Enterococcus spp. n = 34 (3.2%) |
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Indwelling urinary catheterisation (n = 308), n (%) | 124 (40.3%) | 63 (20.4%) | 58 (18.8%) | 40 (25.6%) | 18 (5.8%) |
Pyelonephritis with normal tract anatomy (n = 196), n (%) | 150 (76.5%) | 25 (12.7%) | 4 (2.0%) | 13 (6.6%) | 0 (0.0) |
Obstructive uropathy (n = 152), n (%) | 98 (64.4%) | 26 (17.1%) | 12 (7.9%) | 11 (7.2%) | 5 (3.3%) |
Urinary tract diversion (n = 84), n (%) | 48 (57.1%) | 19 (22.6%) | 10 (11.9%) | 2 (2.4%) | 4 (4.8%) |
Others (n = 208), n (%) | 139 (66.8%) | 35 (16.8%) | 13 (6.2%) | 13 (6.2%) | 7 (3.4%) |