Paediatric urinary tract infections

Abstract

Common urinary isolates principally from hospitalized patients of all ages in St Luke's hospital include: • Escherichia coli (which is by far the most commonly encountered organism) • Proteus mirabilis • Enterococcus faecalis • Pseudomonas aeruginosa. These last three are isolated as above at more or less equal frequencies, but much less than E. coli. In addition, various other gram positive and negative bacteria are isolated from time to time as being potential infective candidates from a patient's urine, but at a much reduced incidence when compared to the above four agents.