Urinary tract infections in the geriatric patients

Authors

  • Yeşim Alpay Balıkesir University School of Medicine
  • Nevil Ayk?n
  • Pınar Korkmaz
  • Hakkı Mustafa Güldüren
  • Figen Çevik Çağlan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14013

Keywords:

Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Complicating factors, Diagnosis, Geriatric, Microorganism, Urinary Tract Infection.

Abstract

Objective: Urinary tract infections (UTI) are the second most common infection in geriatric population. This study investigated clinical findings, diagnostic approaches, complicating factors, prognosis, causative microorganisms and antimicrobial susceptibility in geriatric patients diagnosed with UTI.

Methods: A total of 140 hospitalised patients with UTIs were evaluated within three years between January 2011-January 2015 at the Eskisehir Yunus Emre State Hospital. UTI diagnosed when there were

Author Biography

Yeşim Alpay, Balıkesir University School of Medicine

Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology

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Published

2018-02-21

How to Cite

Alpay, Y., Ayk?n, N., Korkmaz, P., Güldüren, H. M., & Çevik Çağlan, F. (2018). Urinary tract infections in the geriatric patients. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 34(1). https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.14013

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 1 (2018): January – February 2018

Section

Original Articles