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The incidence of lower (UTI) according to the age and sex in Ramadi City
Joint Authors
Abd Allah, Isam Muhammad
Mutlaq, Sad T.
Source
Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad
Issue
Vol. 51, Issue 3 (30 Sep. 2009), pp.289-291, 3 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad Faculty of Medicine
Publication Date
2009-09-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Back ground : A urinary tract infection is one of the most common diseases occurring from neonate up to geriatric age groups Patients and Methods: A total of (100) Midstream urine (MSU) samples were collected from patients having signs and symptoms of Lower urinary tract infection.
These patients were attending Urology Clinic, Ramadi General Hospital.
Result : Culturing of (100) MSU samples on MacConky and blood agar resulted in (5) types of bacteria which included : Escherichia coli (46 %) and it was found the most frequent bacteria causing LUTI.
This is followed by Klebsiella pneumonia (23%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (13 %), Proteus mirabilis (10 %) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (8 %).
Conclusion: Out of the total studied samples, (38 %) were males and (62 %) were females.
It was found that the age of frequent infection was 60 year in male, while in female was 16-35 year.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abd Allah, Isam Muhammad& Mutlaq, Sad T.. 2009. The incidence of lower (UTI) according to the age and sex in Ramadi City. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad،Vol. 51, no. 3, pp.289-291.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-380442
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abd Allah, Isam Muhammad& Mutlaq, Sad T.. The incidence of lower (UTI) according to the age and sex in Ramadi City. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad Vol. 51, no. 3 (2009), pp.289-291.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-380442
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abd Allah, Isam Muhammad& Mutlaq, Sad T.. The incidence of lower (UTI) according to the age and sex in Ramadi City. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad. 2009. Vol. 51, no. 3, pp.289-291.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-380442
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 291
Record ID
BIM-380442