A STUDY OF URINARY-TRACT INFECTIONS AT ILE-IFE, NIGERIA

Clinical laboratory records and case files of 1,038 cases of urinary t ract infections (UTI) were examined for the spectrum of bacterial and candida isolates for age and sex distribution of the UTI cases and ant ibiotic susceptibility pattern of isolates. The results show that 867 (83.5%) of the cases were aged 21 years and above, of which 81.3% in t hat age group were females. While only 20.7% of the cases were males, 74.0% of those in that category were also 21 years and older. Eleven o rganisms were isolated, with E. coli, Klebsiella spp and Staphylococcu s aureus respectively representing 36.1%, 22.8% and 15.4% of the total bacterial isolates. The prevalence of S. aureus isolates in cases of UTI in this centre suggests the increasing role of these microorganism s in the aetiology of urinary tract infections in Nigeria.