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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