Asymptomatic bacteriuria among elderly and middle-aged rural community-dwellers in South-Western Nigeria

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Table 1 Prevalence of bacteriuria and the range of uropathogens recovered from urine of asymptomatic volunteers

Characteristics	Male volunteers (n = 48)	Female volunteers (n = 76)	Total (n = 124)
Bacteriuria status
Significant	7 (14.6%)	21 (27.6%)	28 (22.6%)
Non significant	10 (20.8%)	11 (14.5%)	21 (16.9%)
No growth	31 (64.6%)	44 (57.9%)	75 (60.5%)
Bacterial organisms
Escherichia coli	5 (71.4%)	14 (66.7%)	19 (67.9%)
Klebsiella species	1 (14.3%)	4 (19.0%)	5 (17.9%)
Proteus species	1 (14.3%)	2 (9.5%)	3 (10.7%)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.8%)	1 (3.6%)

Table 2 Age distribution and prevalence of significant bacteriuria in male and female volunteers

Age (years)	Sex	No of subjects	Significant bacteriuria no (%)	No (%) of isolates
				E. coli	Klebs spp	Proteus spp	P. aeruginosa
40–49	M	8	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	F	22	5 (22.7)	2 (40.0)	1 (20.0)	2 (40.0)	0 (0.0)
50–59	M	14	1 (7.1)	1 (100)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	F	21	7 (33.3)	6 (85.7)	1 (14.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
60–69	M	15	3 (20)	2 (66.7)	1 (33.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	F	17	4 (23.5)	4 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
≤70	M	11	3 (27.3)	2 (66.7)	0 (0.0)	1 (33.3)	0 (0.0)
	F	16	5 (31.3)	2 (40.0)	2 (40.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (20.0)