ABSTRACT

Introduction:

intra-hospital urinary infections are a problem from the clinical, epidemiological and therapeutic perspectives. 70 % are present in catheterized patients, and generate an important impact on morbidity and mortality, and on the costs associated with the care process.

Objective:

to determine the microorganisms that impacted on the urinary infection of the hospitalized patients and to relate it to vesical catheter.

Materials and methods:

an observational, descriptive and retrospective study was carried out. The cases corresponded to 171 urine samples that were received at the Microbiology laboratory of the Interprovincial Clinical Surgical Hospital Ambrosio Grillo, of Santiago de Cuba, between January and September 2019, obtained from catheterized patients admitted to that care facility with diagnosis of urinary infection.

Results:

female patients over 65 years old predominated. The most isolated pathogen in urine cultures was Escherichia coli; urine partial had a slight increase in sensitivity; in relation to urocultures of patients with urinary infection, 34.5 % of them had vesical catheter for more than seven days.

Conclusions:

the use of invasive devices is a significant risk factor in the development of intra-hospital urine infection.

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