Table 1.
The main bacterial pathogens implicated in urinary tract infection by sex and age throughout the study period.
| Bacteria | Neonates | Infants | Children | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totala (N = 437) | Maleb (n = 260) | Femaleb (n = 177) | Totala (N = 377) | Maleb (n = 217) | Femaleb (n = 160) | Totala (N = 395) | Maleb (n = 187) | Femaleb (n = 208) | |
| E. coli | 57.7 | 54.2 | 62.7 | 70.8 | 66.8 | 76.3 | 68.1 | 62.0 | 73.6 |
| Klebsiella | 36.2 | 38.1 | 33.3 | 19.4 | 21.2 | 16.8 | 21 | 23.0 | 19.2 |
| P. aeruginosa | 2.3 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 2.4 |
| S. coagulase positive | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 6.6 | 9.2 | 4.3 |
| Citrobacter | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Enterobacter | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Proteus | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
aPercentage determined in relation to N; bpercentage determined in relation to n.