Bacterial Urinary Tract Infections among Males with Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hos-pital, Kumasi, Ghana英文文献资料.docVIP

Open Journal of Urology, 2012, 2, 131-136 /10.4236/oju.2012.23023 Published Online August 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/oju) Bacterial Urinary Tract Infections among Males with Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana* Christian Kofi Gyasi-Sarpong , Edwin Mwintiereh Ta-ang Yenli , Ali Idriss , Addae Appiah Arhin , 1# 1 2 1 1 3 4 Ken Aboah 1 , Roland Azorliade , Yaw Agyekum Boaitey , Augustina Angelina Annan 1 Department of Surgery (Urology Unit), Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana Microbiology Department (Agogo), Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana Microbiology Department, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi, Ghana Data Management Department, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kumasi, Ghana gaysek@, mwintyus@, drissli101@, addaiarhin@, surgksi@, azor72@, yawboaitey30@, auguean@ 2 3 4 Email: # Received April 21, 2012; revised May 28, 2012; accepted June 10, 2012 ABSTRACT Purpose: We describe the commonest pathology responsible for lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO) and associated symptoms such as UTI, etc. among males at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. Materials and Methods: Between January and December 2009, prospective cross sectional hospital based study was conducted in- volving 103 subjects. Patients with symptoms of LUTO and who were on short admission (up to 48 hours) at the acci- dent and emergency unit of KATH were identified as potential study subjects. All the patients presented with acute re- tention of urine at the emergency unit of KATH and urethral catheteriz