Frequency of Common Bacteria and Antibiotic Sensitivity in Patients with Indwelling Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections

Abstract

Objective: Examine the prevalence of common bacteria and their antibiotic susceptibility in individuals with urinary tract infections caused by indwelling catheters.

Study Design: Cross-sectional descriptive research.

Place and Duration of study: From January 30, 2021, to July 29, 2021, researchers from the Department of Medicine at Muhammad Teaching Hospital in Peshawar, collected data for this study.

Materials and Methods: The proportion of patients with Enterococcus spp. urinary tract infections² was 5.4%, with a 95% confidence interval and a 3.5% margin of error using WHO software, and they monitored 179 individuals. In addition, a non-probabilistic sampling method based on a sequence of samples was applied.

Results: Based on our data, the median age was 47 years old (with a standard deviation of ±2.15), and 33% of our participants were male and 67% were female. Escherichia coli was detected in 37% of patients with catheter linked urinary tract infection, Staphylococcus epidermidis in 18%, Pseudomonas aeruginosa in 16%, Klebsiella pneumonia in 20%, Proteus mirabilis in 3%, and Enterococcus in 6%.

Conclusion: Escherichia coli (37%) was the most prevalent bacterium found in catheter-associated urinary tract infections, followed by Klebsiella pneumonia (20%), Staphylococcus epidermidis (18%), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (16 percent).

Keywords: Infection of the urinary tract caused by a catheter, urinary catheterization, CAUTI. E. coli, microorganisms, antibiotics, and infectious diseases.