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

Table 2

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 2005 and 2009
	2005		2006		2007		2008		2009
	Nb	%	Nb	%	Nb	%	Nb	%	Nb	%
Acinetobacter sp.	19	1.9	14	1.2	18	1.6	16	1.3	5	0.5
Candida albicans	14	1.4	37	3.3	27	2.4	29	2.4	25	2.5
Candida sp.	29	2.9	57	5.1	34	3.0	31	2.6	35	3.5
Citrobacter sp.	15	1.5	18	1.6	19	1.7	16	1.3	9	0.9
Enterobacter sp.	16	1.6	22	2.0	14	1.2	19	1.6	6	0.6
Enterococcus faecalis	14	1.4	15	1.3	20	1.8	14	1.2	15	1.5
Enterococcus faecium	32	3.2	25	2.2	34	3.0	34	2.8	6	0.6
Escherichia coli	609	60.2	711	63.4	688	60.7	727	60.0	628	62.5
Klebsiella sp.	92	9.1	84	7.5	100	8.8	118	9.7	90	9.0
Morganella morganii	13	1.3	6	0.5	10	0.9	24	2.0	7	0.7
Proteus sp.	57	5.6	53	4.7	70	6.2	73	6.0	63	6.3
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	39	3.9	27	2.4	40	3.5	44	3.6	41	4.1
Pseudomonas sp.	0	0.0	6	0.5	0	0.0	6	0.5	3	0.3
Staphylococcus aureus	7	0.7	4	0.4	6	0.5	4	0.3	10	1.0
Staphylococcus saprophyticus	0	0.0	5	0.4	1	0.1	2	0.2	3	0.3
Streptococcus agalactiae	27	2.7	14	1.2	16	1.4	16	1.3	8	0.8
Streptococcus, Group D	1	0.1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0	0.0	1	0.1
Other minor organisms	28	2.8	23	2.0	36	3.2	38	3.1	50	5.0
Total isolates	1012		1122		1134		1211		1005