Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infection in a Nigerian Community
Abstract
The prevalence of urinary tract infection in relation to proteinuria and glucosuria and other renal indices was assessed among patients attending some outpatient clinics in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Of the 225 urine samples examined, the overall prevalence of urinary tract infection was 52% and there was no significant difference in the rate of infection between the age groups (P = 0.966). Females were significantly more infected than males (P ≤ 0.0001). Also there was significant difference between urinary tract infection and urine protein (P ≤ 0.0001) but not with urine glucose (P = 0.578). There was no significant different between urinary tract infection and both urea and creatinine (P = 0.628). Escherichia coli (28%) was the most frequently isolated microorganism from the urinary tract infections followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae (16%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (8%). There was significant difference between the isolates and susceptible antimicrobial drugs, ofloxacin (P ≤ 0.0001), nitrofurantoin (P ≤ 0.0001), ciproffloxacin (P ≤ 0.0001) and gentamicin (P ≤ 0.0001) but not with ampicillin (P = 0.153).
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