Table 3.
Distribution of E. coli, Klebsiella spp., and other uropathogens isolated from patients with UTIs according to gender and type of hospital admission
| No. (%) positive | ||||
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| Organism | Female (n=1,151) | Male (n=639) | Outpatients (n=1,134) | Inpatients (n=656) |
| E. coli | 163 (14.2)a | 45 (7.0) | 155 (13.7)b | 53 (8.1) |
| Klebsiella spp. | 43 (3.7) | 26 (4.1) | 41 (3.6) | 28 (4.3) |
| Other bacteria | 65 (5.6) | 31 (4.9) | 68 (6.0) | 28 (4.3) |
| Total | 271 (23.5)c | 102 (16) | 264 (23.3)d | 109 (16.6) |
a
Significantly higher than in male patients (P<0.000007, odds ratio [OR]=2.18);
b
significantly higher than in inpatients (P<0.0004, OR=1.80);
c
significantly higher than in male patients (P<0.0002, OR=1.62);
d
significantly higher than in inpatients (P<0.0009, OR=1.52).