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The Clinical Profile of Patients With Culture-Positive Urinary Tract Infections Admitting to a Tertiary Hospital in Sri Lanka.
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- Analysis of Risk Factors and Construction of a Prediction Model for Preoperative Concurrent Pathogenic Pyuria in Patients With Ureteral Calculi.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Bacterial profile and antibiotic resistance pattern of uropathogens isolated from patients with complicated urinary tract infections in a tertiary care hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are globally prevalent. This study explores the clinical and pathological profile of culture-positive UTI patients at Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital. Method In this descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital from December 2020 to May 2021, we evaluated patients over 14 years with positive urine culture reports. Excluding those with HIV, undergoing chemotherapy, or pregnant, we used consecutive sampling. Data were collected via interviewer-administered questionnaires and analyzed using SPSS version 21.0 (IBM Inc., Armonk, New York), employing descriptive statistics and Fisher's exact tests to identify factors associated with urinary tract infections. Results The study involved approximately 278 participants. The mean age remained 60 ± 20.279 years, with over half of the participants being female. Common symptoms like fever and lower abdominal pain were observed in 22.30% of cases. The incidence of acute kidney injury was 30.58%.
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