Research Article
Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection and Antimicrobial Susceptibility among Diabetic Patients with Controlled and Uncontrolled Glycemia in Kuwait
Table 3
Microbial uropathogens isolated from urine of our diabetic study population.
| UTI pathogens | Uncontrolled glycemia | Controlled glycemia | Males | Females | Males | Females |
| Gram-negative microorganisms | E. coli | 6 | 99 | 5 | 27 | K. pneumoniae | 4 | 41 | 2 | 8 | K. oxytoca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Raoultella ornithinolytica | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | P. aeruginosa | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | P. mirabilis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Citrobacter koseri | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Citrobacter
bummannii | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Citrobacter freundii | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Morganella morganii | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kluyvera species | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Miscellaneous GNB | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Gram-positive microorganisms | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Staphylococcus warneri | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Staphylococcus sciuri | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Streptococcus agalactiae | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | Enterococcus faecalis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Miscellaneous GPB | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yeast | Candida glabrata | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Candida albicans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 21 | 176 | 8 | 47 |
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