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Urinary Tract Infection
Urinary Tract Infection
Urinary Tract Infection
Very common
Significant cause of morbidity and mortality.
• Infancy
• Preschool
• Honeymoon cystitis
• Pregnancy
• Prostatism
UTI - Who is susceptible?
• E. coli
• Proteus spp
• Klebsiella spp
• Enterobacter spp
• Citrobacter spp
• Serratia spp
• Providencia spp
Recognised Urinary Pathogens
Other Gram negatives :
Pseudomonadaceae
• Pseudomonas spp
• Alcaligenes spp
Gram-negative coccobacilli
Acinetobacter spp
Recognised Urinary Pathogens
Gram-positive cocci :
Micrococcaceae :
• Staph saprophyticus
• Staph aureus
• Staph. epidermidis
Streptococcaceae :
• Strep faecalis and other enterococci
• Strep. agalactiae (Lancefield group B)
NEVER by catheterisation
UTI – Lab. Diagnosis
Must be transported rapidly to lab and
refrigerated if delayed.