The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines CAUTI for those patients who have an indwelling catheter in place for 48 h or more and symptoms such as fever or chills, new onset of burning pain, urgency or frequency if not catheterized at that point of time, change in urine character, flank or suprapubic pain or tenderness or change or decrease in mental or functional status in patients. CAUTI is usually presence of at least 10³ colony-forming units (cfu)/mL of 1 or 2 micro-organisms by urine culture. In Indian population, catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, affecting all ages. | Incidence of catheter associated urinary tract infection in medical ICU in a tertiary care hospital
