Table 2.
Prevalence of UTI and urinary pathogens
| Wales N= 199 | England N= 218 | Spain N= 182 | Netherlands N= 133 | Overall | |||||||
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| No UTI confirmed | Mixed growth (≥2 organisms) | 103 | 51.8 | 118 | 54.1 | 9 | 4.9 | 37 | 29.1 | 267 | 36.8 |
| Single organism growth at <105 | 34 | 17.1 | 37 | 17.0 | 26 | 14.3 | 2 | 1.6 | 99 | 13.6 | |
| No growth | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 4.6 | 34 | 18.7 | 7 | 5.5 | 65 | 9.0 | |
| Unclear organism names (mixed growth) | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 19.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 5.0 | |
| Total | 151 | 75.9 | 165 | 75.7 | 105 | 57.7 | 46 | 36.2 | 467 | 64.3 | |
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| UTI confirmed | Pure culture at ≥105 | 34 | 17.1 | 38 | 17.4 | 77 | 42.3 | 81 | 63.8 | 230 | 31.7 |
| Predominant culture at ≥105 | 14 | 7.0 | 15 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 4.0 | |
| Total | 48 | 24.1 | 53 | 24.3 | 77 | 42.3 | 81 | 63.8 | 259 | 35.7 | |
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| Urinary pathogen identificationa | Enterobacteriaceae | 44 | 91.7 | 48 | 90.6 | 66 | 85.7 | 72 | 88.9 | 230 | 88.8 |
| Coagulase negative staphylococci (S. saprophyticus) | 2 | 4.2 | 1 | 1.9 | 9 | 11.7 | 3 | 3.7 | 15 | 5.8 | |
| Other pathogens | 2 | 4.2 | 4 | 7.5 | 2 | 2.6 | 6 | 7.4 | 14 | 5.4 | |
| Total | 48 | 100.0 | 53 | 100.0 | 77 | 100.0 | 81 | 100.0 | 259 | 100.0 | |
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Based on those who have a microbiologically confirmed UTI (as per primary definition of UTI in this study). UTI = urinary tract infection.