title: Prevalence of hospital-acquired urinary tract infections in urology departments.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of our study was to register the prevalence of nosocomial urinary tract infections (NAUTIs) in urology sections in Europe and Asia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 6033 hospitalised patients in 194 different urology departments were screened in two Internet-based studies. Detailed reports on 727 patients with NAUTI were provided.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of NAUTI was 10% in the Pan European Prevalence (PEP) study, 14% in the Pan EuroAsian Prevalence (PEAP) study, and 11% in the combined analysis. The largest group was asymptomatic bacteriuria (29%) followed by cystitis (26%), pyelonephritis (21%), and urosepsis (12%). There were significant differences between regions and types of hospitals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  NAUTI is a large problem for urologic patients and causes huge extra costs for hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Urology Department, Telemark Hospital, Porsgrunn, Norway. tebj@sthf.no
authors.forename: Truls E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Bjerklund Johansen
authors.forename: Mete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cek
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Naber
authors.forename: Leonid
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stratchounski
authors.forename: Martin V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Svendsen
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tenke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001208:Asia; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014573:Urology Department, Hospital