Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of 30 patients
| Parameters | Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Patients’ parameters | |
| Sex | |
| Male | 10 (33 %) |
| Female | 20 (67 %) |
| Age, years, mean ± SD | 49 ± 13 |
| Body weight, kg, mean ± SD | 62 ± 12 |
| Laboratory parameters | |
| Hematocrit, mg %, mean ± SD | 37 ± 6 |
| White blood cells count, cells/mm3, mean ± SD | 11,340 ± 5,496 |
| Platelet, cells/mm3, mean ± SD | 305,433 ± 115,971 |
| Neutrophil, %, mean ± SD | 75 ± 14 |
| ESR, millimeters per hour, mean ± SD | 46 ± 29 |
| C-reactive protein, mg/L, mean ± SD | 35 ± 31 |
| BUN, mg/dl, mean ± SD | 15 ± 11 |
| Creatinine, mg/dl, mean ± SD | 1.13 ± 0.76 |
| Aspatate aminotransferase, U/L, mean ± SD | 33 ± 34 |
| Alanine aminotransferase, U/L, mean ± SD | 37 ± 45 |
| Total bilirubin, mg/dl, mean ± SD | 1.4 ± 3.9 |
| Albumin, mg/dl, mean ± SD | 4.0 ± 0.5 |
| Urinary tract infection (UTI) diagnosis | |
| Acute pyelonephritis | 21 (70 %) |
| Complicated UTI | 9 (30 %) |
| Stroke with neurogenic bladder | 3 |
| Catheter-related UTI | 2 |
| Ureteric stone with hydronephrosis | 2 |
| UTI in men | 2 |
| Positive urine culture | 22 (73 %) |
| E. coli | 11 |
| ESBL producing E. coli | 4 |
| ESBL producing E. coli + ESBL producing K. pneumoniae | 1 |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 1 |
| Enterococcus fecalis | 1 |
| Klebseilla pneumoniae | 1 |
| Morganella morganii | 1 |
| MRSA | 1 |
| Coagulase negative Staphylococcus | 1 |
| Sensitivity to sitafloxacin, n = 22 | |
| Sensitive | 19 (86 %) |
| Intermediate | 1 (5 %) |
| Resistant | 2 (9 %) |