title: Incidence of bacteria from clean-catch and catheterized urine of nursing home residents.
abstract: Urine cultures from 1990 through 1992 were analyzed to determine the incidence of common isolates in residents from over 50 nursing homes in Oklahoma. Of all 11,480 isolates in clean-catch and catheterized specimens, the most common were: Escherichia coli (24% of all isolates), Pseudomonas aeruquinosa (11%), Proteus mirabilis (10%), Enterococcus faecalis (8%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (7%), Providencia stuartii (5%), and Staphylococcus aureus (4%). The most striking findings of this study were the similarities in frequencies of isolates from clean-catch and catheterized urines, the common occurrence of P. stuartii, and the low proportion of urea-splitting P. stuartii isolates from catheterized specimens.
authors.affiliation: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Flournoy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009825:Oklahoma; D011532:Providencia / Q000302:isolation & purification