PREVALENCE OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION AND RISK FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS
Muhammad Fahad Iqbal*, Shafaq Jameel and Aatir Farhan
ABSTRACT
Urinary tract infections are among the most common bacterial infections in humans both in the community and hospital settings, and they occur in all age groups, and usually required urgent treatment. All the patients presenting with history of burning micturition and dysuria were included in this study. A total of 108 patients including male and female of ages between 18 to 60 years were included. There were 58 (53.70%) females and 50 (46.30%) males in the study. The mean age of all the patients was 35.34±2.12 years. The mean time for onset of symptoms was 23.89±3.45 days, with the minimum of 7 days and the maximum of 52 days. The symptoms were of greater duration in female patients than the male patients.
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