Increased demand of urine cultures from Danish general practice: a five-year register-based study

Figures & data

Figure 1. Development in the total number of urine samples including the distribution of positive and negative test results.

Table 1. Characteristics of the study population.

	Total urine samples^a
	(n = 255,271)
Gender^b
Females	194,214 (76.1)
Males	60,778 (23.8)
Age^b
<4 years	3153 (1.2)
4–14 years	10,208 (4.0)
15–65 years	132,902 (52.1)
>65 years	108,729 (42.6)

^aData reported as n (%).

^bUrine samples without knowledge of age and gender were categorised as missing data n = 279 (0.1%).

Figure 2. Distribution of urine samples within the age group and gender over the five-year period*. *Data regarding age and gender were missing for 279 urine samples ranging from 37 to 68 samples per year (data not shown).

Table 2. Uropathogens identified in urine cultures from general practice.

Bacteria species	Total^a
E. coli	71,258 (60.4)
Klebsiella spp.	10,290 (8.7)
Enterococcus spp.	9121 (7.7)
Polymicrobial	5657 (4.8)
Proteus spp.	3294 (2.8)
Other bacteria^b	3016 (2.6)
Aerococcus spp.	2677 (2.3)
S. saprophyticus	2539 (2.2)
P. aeruginosa	2446 (2.1)
Group B Streptococci	2340 (2.0)
Citrobacter spp.	2298 (2.0)
Enterobacter spp.	1499 (1.3)
S. aureus	1454 (1.2)
Total	117,889 (100)

^aData reported as n (%).

^bOther bacteria was defined as species representing <1% in total.

Figure 3. Distribution of uropathogens according to age group and gender. *Other bacteria were defined as species representing <1% in total.