Table 1. Isolated pathogens in patients with positive urine culture.
Pathogen | Number | Percent*1 |
Escherichia coli | 653 | 74.5 |
Enterococcus spp. *2 | 73 | 8.3 |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 48 | 5.5 |
Streptococcus group B/S.agalactiae | 35 | 4.0 |
Proteus mirabilis | 34 | 3.9 |
Citrobacter spp. *3 | 19 | 2.2 |
Staphylococcus saprophyticus | 17 | 1.9 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 11 | 1.3 |
other | 132 | 15.1 |
Total | 1022 |
Multiple answers were permitted
*1 The total is more than 100% as it is based on the number of patients with a positive urine culture and, in 14.6% of cases, more than one infecting organism was isolated from the urine sample.
*2 Enterococcus spp. comprise Enterococcus spp., E. faecalis, E. faecium, and E. gallinarium
*3 Citrobacter spp. comprise Citrobacter amalonaticus,
C. freundii, C. braakii, and C. koseri