Prevalence of Bacterial Urinary Tract Infections and Associated Factors among Patients Attending Hospitals in Bushenyi District, Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorMartin, Odoki
dc.contributor.authorAdamu, Almustapha Aliero
dc.contributor.authorJulius, Tibyangye
dc.contributor.authorJosephat, Nyabayo Maniga
dc.contributor.authorEddie, Wampande
dc.contributor.authorCharles, Drago Kato
dc.contributor.authorEzera, Agwu
dc.contributor.authorJoel, Bazira
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-29T12:35:16Z
dc.date.available2019-05-29T12:35:16Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractUrinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the major causes of morbidity and comorbidities in patients with underlying conditions, and it accounts for the majority of the reasons for hospital visit globally. Sound knowledge of factors associated with UTI may allow timely intervention that can easily bring the disease under control. (is study was designed to determine the prevalence of UTI by isolating and characterizing the different bacterial etiological agents and to evaluate the factors associated with UTI. In this crosssectional study, a total of 267, clean catch midstream urine (MSU) samples were collected aseptically and analyzed using standard microbiology methods. Data for the factors associated with UTI were obtained by use of questionnaires and standard laboratory tests for selected underlying conditions. (e study revealed 86/267 (32.2%) UTI prevalence among patients attending hospitals in Bushenyi District, Uganda. Escherichia coli was the most prevalent bacterial uropathogen with 36/86 (41.9%) followed by Staphylococcus aureus 27/86 (31.4%), Klebsiella pneumoniae 10/86 (11.6%), Klebsiella oxytoca 6/86 (7.0%), Proteus mirabilis 3/86 (3.5%), Enterococcus faecalis 3/86 (3.5%), and Proteus vulgaris 1/86 (1.2%). (is study has demonstrated that age ≤19 years, female gender, married individuals, genitourinary tract abnormalities, diabetes, hospitalization, indwelling catheter <6 days, and indwelling catheter >6 days had statistically significant relationships (p < 0.05) with UTI. Screening for UTI in hospitalized patients, female gender, married individuals, genitourinary tract abnormalities, indwelling catheter, and diabetics should be adopted.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKabale Universityen_US
dc.identifier.citationCopyright © 2019 Martin Odoki et al. (is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/151
dc.publisherHindawi International Journal of Microbiologyen_US
dc.titlePrevalence of Bacterial Urinary Tract Infections and Associated Factors among Patients Attending Hospitals in Bushenyi District, Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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