The Prevalence of UTI Pathogens in Urine Specimen Obtained from a Hospital in Rivers State Nigeria

摘要

The incidence of urinary tract infections was carried out on patients attending a general hospital in Rivers State, Nigeria. One hundred and fifty urine specimens were collected in 2014, from the 150 specimen 52 were from males and 98 from females. The study was carried out to determine the current status of UTI among patients attending the hospital. Mid-stream urine specimen were collected in sterile universal bottles and analyzed. Urine specimen were examined macroscopically and Combi 9 urinalysis strip was dipped into the urine specimen to check the pH, glucose level and other chemical composition. Each urine sample was streaked onto prepared sterile CLED plates and incubated at 37°C for 24 hours. Results obtained showed that 34.6% of the male specimens were positive and 55.1% were positive from the female specimen. The occurrence of UTI with respect to isolated pathogenshowed that Klebsiella sp was the highest occurring followed by E.coli while in both sexes S. aureus was the highest occurring pathogen. The least occurring pathogen was Streptococcus sp 4(4.8%) followed by Candida albicans 3(3.6%). Candida albicans was not found in the male subjects. The highest rate of infection was recorded in patients between the ages of 34-35 and the least was recorded in patients above 46 years. The prevalence of UTI recorded in female subjects was 77.4% and 22.6% in male subjects. UTI has been on the increase, it is recommended that awareness on UTI, factors leading to UTI, prevention and treatment should be increased to reduce the high rate of occurrence.