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© 1990 Oxford University Press

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Bacteriuria in Non-catheterized Elderly Patients in the First Eight Days of Hospital Stay

S. L. CHOUDHURY, J. C. BROCKLEHURST and MICHAEL LYE

Department of Geriatric Medicine, H. M. Stanley Hospital St Asaph, Clwyd
Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Manchester
Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Liverpool

One hundred and sixty-one non-catheterized consecutive acute geriatric admissions were screened for bacteriuria on the day following admission, both in the morning and in the afternoon and seven days later—morning and afternoon. The prevalence of bacteriuria was 29% on admission. A correlation between bacteriuria and leucocyturia was shown. The patients were admitted with a variety of medical illnesses but in no case was a diagnosis of urinary-tract infection made prior to admission. There was a significant relationship between incontinence and bacteriuria on admission; 12% of abacteriuric patients became bacteriuric between day 1 and day 7 following admission. Escherichia coli accounted for 51% of the isolates on admission to hospital. Bacteriuria was associated with increased mortality within 1 year following admission to hospital.

Revision received January 5, 1990.
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