Research Article
Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Women with Positive Urine Culture: Does Menopausal Status Make a Significant Difference?
Table 1
Prevalence of most common pathogens isolated from urine samples in women with symptoms of urinary tract infection.
| | Pathogen isolated from urine sample | Entire population
()
n (%) | Premenopausal women
()
(mean age 32.2 ± 5.1 years)
n (%) | Postmenopausal women
()
(mean age 61.3 ± 7.8 years)
n (%) | Difference in isolates
premenopausal versus postmenopausal |
| | Escherichia coli | 2917 (65.5) | 1730 (63.0) | 1187 (69.6) | | |
| | Enterococcus faecalis | 545 (12.2) | 393 (14.3) | 152 (8.9) | | |
| | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 210 (4.7) | 128 (4.7) | 82 (4.8) | NS |
| | Proteus mirabilis | 185 (4.2) | 107 (3.9) | 78 (4.6) | NS |
| | ESBL-producing Escherichia coli | 75 (1.7) | 26 (1.0) | 49 (2.9) | | |
| | Streptococcus agalactiae | 70 (1.6) | 64 (2.3) | 6 (0.4) | | |
| | ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae | 59 (1.3) | 39 (1.4) | 20 (1.2) | NS |
| | Staphylococcus aureus | 49 (1.1) | 38 (1.4) | 11 (0.7) | | |
| | Staphylococcus saprophyticus | 45 (1.0) | 37 (1.4) | 8 (0.5) | | |
| | Others (incidence ≤ 1% in entire population) | 298 (6.7) | 186 (6.7) | 112 (6.5) | NS |
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ESBL: extended-spectrum β-lactamase.
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