BACTERIURIA AMONG HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS DUE TO CATHETERIZATION

In this study, to determine cases of bacteriuria in hospitalized patients who underwent catheterization, 259 urine samples were collected from 103 patients admitted to Services Hospital Lahore. Of 73 patients who had no urinary tract infection or contamination, 40 (54.8%) developed bacteriuria at the end of catheterization. The incidence of bacteriuria in patients under 40 years of age was 55.5% and 53.5% in patients over 40 years of age. Organisms isolated from the urine culture of patients were most often gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae, including E. coli (38). %) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (17%) had the highest frequency