The prevalence of urinary tract infection in urine culture / Nazierah Abd Ghani

The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in population in relation to gender, age and symptoms stated in the clinical history of the patients. For this purpose, 755 demographic data of urine culture were obtained from Microbiology Laboratory in Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh, Perak from April 2014 until June 2014. The urine specimens were cultured into two media plates for identification of organism species. The colony count, Gram stain and cell count were also performs to assist the organism’s identification. It was found that 247 from 755 urine samples were positive for UTI. The incidence of UTI in females (69.6%) was higher than males (30.4%) in the ratio 3:1. Patients above 60 years old had the highest UTI among of all ages and E. coli was the major organism identified in urine culture for 97/247 patients, followed by K. pneumonia (81/247) and P. aeruginosa (31/247). Abdominal pain, excess vaginal discharge and Diabetes Mellitus were the common symptoms in UTI. All the results demonstrated that organism identified had correlation with the gender and age where females was more prone to get UTI due to their shorter ureter than males and older people had low immunity to resist infection. E coli can overcome the body’s natural defence and cause infection.