Abstract:

The aim of this study is to investigate the risk factors, laboratuary results, distrubition of pathogens and sensitivity to antibiotics in patients with hospital acquired urinary tract infections (HAUTI). 161 HAUTI patients were diagnosed. The most common predisposing factors were identifi ed as long term hospitalization, urinary catheterization, hospitalization at intensive care unit and neurologic diseases. The most commom pathogens isolated were Escherichia coli 33 (29.5 %), Pseudomonas spp. 32 (28.6 %) and Klebsiella spp. 12 (10.7 %). The lowest rates of resistance in E.coli, Pseudomonas spp. and Klebsiella spp. were observed to amikacin (respectively 3 %, 9 %, 8 %), to imipenem (9 %, 41 %, 8 %), to piperacilin/tazobactam (PIP/TAZ) (24 %, 47 %, 17 %) and to ciprofl oxasin (52 %, 69 %, 25 %). Mortality was detected in 31(19%) of 161 patients diagnosed with HAUTI. As a result, high rate resistance was found in bacterial microorganism, especially in Pseudomonas spp.

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