Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics, Jordan University of Science
and Technology, Irbid, Jordan | Department of Pediatrics, United Arab Emerate
University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Note: [] Correspondence: Mohammad Y. Khassawneh, Department of
Pediatrics, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 126, Aidone,
Irbid, Jordan. Tel.: +96 2795436665; Fax: +96 27200624 er; E-mail:
deema321@yahoo.com
Abstract: Pattern of bacteria that causes urinary tract infection (UTI) in
infants after discharge from neonatal intensive care units (NICU) are not well
described. This Study included 74 patients with first episodes of UTI in the
first 3 months of life. They were divided into 2 groups, 31 case occurred
during NICU stay (group 1), 43 cases with UTI that occurred after discharge
from NICU (group 2, NICU graduates). Types of bacteria, its susceptibility to
common antibiotics, renal abnormalities and circumcision status were compared
between both groups. Eighty two percent of patients in the both groups were
male. Between 71.9%–74.4% of patients in both groups were preterm. Among NICU
graduates, Incidence of UTI in infants who were preterm and those who were term
was 8.2% and 2.1% respectively p < 0.001. The most common causative bacteria
in both groups were Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli. Bacteria that
caused UTI in NICU graduates were highly resistant to common antibiotics and
were similar (in types and the resistance) to bacteria that caused UTI in
patients during stay in NICU. UTI in NICU graduates happen frequently in
premature, young male infants. Their UTI were caused by bacteria that are
similar in type and resistant pattern to those cause UTI in NICU patients.
