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Microbial etiologies of ICU-acquired urinary tract infections, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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| Organism |
Occurrence (%)a |
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| Escherichia coli |
87 (23) |
| Candida albicans |
74 (20) |
| Enterococcus species |
57 (15) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
34 (10) |
| Candida glabrata |
20 (5) |
| Klebsiella species |
20 (5) |
| Coagulase-negative staphylococci |
18 (5) |
| Proteus mirabilis |
17 (5) |
| Candida otherb |
16 (4) |
| Enterobacter species |
10 (3) |
| Citrobacter species |
5 (1) |
| Staphylococcus aureus |
4 (1) |
| Streptococcus species |
3 (1) |
| Otherc |
10 (3) |
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aThe number of isolates (n = 375) exceeds the number of patients with ICU-acquired UTI because some patients had more than one UTI episode or had polymicrobial infection. bCandida krusei (1), C. lusitaniae (1), C. tropicalis (4), Candida not speciated (10). cIncludes Lactobacillus species (1), Proteus penneri (1), Serratia marcescens (2), Morganella morganii (2), Providencia rettgeri (1), Hafnia alvei (2) and Staphylococcus saphrophyticus (1). ICU, intensive care unit; UTI, urinary tract infection. | |
Laupland et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R60 doi:10.1186/cc3023 |
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