TABLE 3.
Organisms isolated from populations with complicated urinary tract infection (UTI)
| Population (reference)* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organism isolated | Chronic catheter, women (10) | Intermittent catheter (11) | Complicated UTI (12) | Hospitalized (13) | Short-term catheter (14) | Elderly institutionalized men (15) |
| Escherichia coli | 39 | 35 | 60 | 35 | 10 | 15 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 21 | 26 | 11 | 15 | NS | 8.2 |
| Proteus mirabilis | 55 | 16 | 5.3 | 7.5 | 6 | 42 |
| Providencia species | 58 | 10 | 0 | - | NS | 22 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 32 | 23 | 2.2 | 12 | 12 | 27 |
| Other Gram-negative organisms† | 39 | 36 | 19.5 | 24 | 4 | 9.4 |
| Enterococcus species | NS | 10 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 12 | 7.1 |
| Group B streptococcus | NS | 1.4 | - | 1.1 | NS | 2.4 |
| Coagulase-negative staphylococcus | NS | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 24 | 2.4 |
| Other Gram-positive organisms | 39 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 4 | 3.5 |
| Yeast | NS | NS | NS | NS | 28 | NS |
*
Expressed as a percentage of patients. Patients may have more than one organism isolated; †Includes Citrobacter species, Enterobacter species, Morganella morganii, Serratia marcescens, and nonfermenters other than P aeruginosa. NS Not stated