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Table 3 Bacteria isolated from baseline cultures

From: Hospitalization for community-acquired febrile urinary tract infection: validation and impact assessment of a clinical prediction rule

 

Control period

Intervention period

n = 237

n = 133

Urine cultures

 

Escherichia coli

126 (56)

51 (42)

 

Klebsiella spp

12 (5)

7 (6)

 

Proteus spp

5 (2)

3 (2)

 

Enterococcus spp

3 (1)

-

 

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

-

1 (1)

 

Staphylococcus aureus

1 (0)

1 (1)

 

Other

7 (3)

6 (5)

 

Contaminated / mixed flora

26 (12)

24 (20)

Total positive urine cultures

154/225 (68)a

69/122 (57)a

Blood cultures

 

Escherichia coli

56 (25)

21 (68)

 

Klebsiella spp

4 (6)

4 (13)

 

Proteus spp

-

1 (3)

 

Enterobacter spp

1 (1)

-

 

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1 (1)

-

 

Staphylococcus aureus

1 (1)

2 (6)

 

Beta haemolytic streptococcus

1 (1)

2 (6)

 

Citrobacter spp

1 (1)

-

 

Bacteroides fragilis

1 (1)

-

 

Salmonella paratyphi

-

1 (3)

Total positive blood cultures

66/228 (29)b

31/129 (24)b

  1. Data are presented as n (%). aUrine cultures were not performed in 12 patients in the control period and 11 patients in the intervention period. bBlood cultures were not obtained in 9 patients in the control period and 4 patients in the intervention period