Prevalência de microorganismos em infecções do trato urinário de pacientes atendidos no Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria

Abstract

The Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is considered one the most common nosocomial and community infections. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of responsible pathogens for infections in the urinary tract, observed in Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria. During the period from January to 2004 June was analyzed the results of 2629 urine cultures. Escherichia coli was the more prevalent isolated microorganism ( 52,1 %), followed by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa with 6,8 % and Enterococcus faecalis and Klebsiella pneumoniae both with 5,4 %. The antibacterial susceptibility of the bacteriological isolates reveled that Norfloxacin (NOR) presented high activity from Gram-negative Bacilli, while the Levofloxacin (LEV), the antibiotic who presented the biggest activity from the Gram-positive Cocci.