Isolation and Identification of Bacteria Causing Urinary Tract Infection in Catheterized Patients

The role of urinary catheters in Causing Urinary Tract Infections(UTIs) was investigated. Fifty seven Urine samples were collected from inpatients using Urinary catheters in AL- Zahrawi and AL- Khansaa hospital in mosul city. these samples were subjected to various tests, physical microscopical examination and culturing on various differential media diagnose the microorganism . the results showed that E. coil was the most frequent bacteria (30.61 %) while St. faecalis was the least frequent (2.04%). The study also included the relation between (UTI) and the duration of catheterization. The results revealed that the chance of UTI increased with prolonged catheterization.