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Table 2 Distribution and frequency of uro-pathogens according to age category

From: Clinical, etiological and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of pediatric urinary tract infections in a tertiary care hospital of Nepal

Uro-pathogens

Frequency among age-group

Total (n = 314)

Neonate (n = 24)

Infant (n = 74)

Pre-school (n = 80)

Children (n = 136)

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

E. coli

12

50%

35

47%

53

66%

71

52%

168

53%

K. pneumoniae

5

21%

7

10%

–

–

20

15%

23

7%

C. freundii

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

1%

E. aerogenes

1

4%

1

1%

–

–

5

4%

5

2%

P. mirabilis

–

–

–

–

4

5%

5

4%

10

3%

P. aeruginosa

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

1%

5

2%

A. anitratus

1

4%

2

3%

3

4%

2

1%

8

3%

S. aureus

2

8%

4

5%

5

6%

12

9%

22

7%

E. faecalis

3

13%

25

34%

315

19%

14

10%

68

22%