Escherichia coli Isolated from Urinary Tract Infections of Lebanese Patients between 2000 and 2009: Epidemiology and Profiles of Resistance

Table 1

The organisms most commonly isolated from Lebanese patients with UTI between 2000 and 2004 at Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut.

	The microorganisms most commonly isolated from Lebanese patients with UTI between 2000 and 2004
	2000		2001		2002		2003		2004
	Nb	%	Nb	%	Nb	%	Nb	%	Nb	%
Acinetobacter sp.	3	0.5	4	0.5	2	0.2	0	0.0	14	1.3
Candida albicans	15	2.4	12	1.6	23	2.4	26	2.4	31	2.9
Candida sp.	16	2.5	22	2.9	28	2.9	47	4.3	34	3.1
Citrobacter sp.	6	0.9	11	1.5	19	2.0	17	1.5	15	1.4
Enterobacter sp.	4	0.6	12	1.6	14	1.5	6	0.5	16	1.5
Enterococcus faecalis	17	2.7	18	2.4	28	2.9	48	4.4	20	1.9
Enterococcus faecium	6	0.9	18	2.4	20	2.1	30	2.7	35	3.2
Escherichia coli	395	62.5	440	58.3	575	59.8	637	57.9	661	61.1
Klebsiella sp.	48	7.6	75	9.9	59	6.1	85	7.7	79	7.3
Morganella morganii	5	0.8	4	0.5	11	1.1	14	1.3	14	1.3
Proteus sp.	45	7.1	50	6.6	72	7.5	74	6.7	65	6.0
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	30	4.7	38	5.0	45	4.7	35	3.2	51	4.7
Pseudomonas sp.	0	0.0	2	0.3	1	0.1	1	0.1	0	0.0
Staphylococcus aureus	3	0.5	6	0.8	3	0.3	7	0.6	9	0.8
Staphylococcus saprophyticus	6	0.9	7	0.9	5	0.5	2	0.2	3	0.3
Streptococcus agalactiae	20	3.2	15	2.0	14	1.5	25	2.3	18	1.7
Streptococcus, Group D	1	0.2	2	0.3	4	0.4	1	0.1	6	0.6
Other minor organisms	12	1.9	19	2.5	38	4.0	45	4.1	10	0.9
Total isolates	632		755		961		1100		1081