[Infections in urology departments]

The wide-spreading of intrahospital infections in urological departments on a nationwide scale are analyzed over the period 1982 through 1996. Their epidemiological, etiological and nosological characterization is also defined. In this country over 6 per cent of all hospital infections occur in urological departments. Annually, in Bulgaria 5/100 discharged urological patients develop infection in hospital conditions. Both gram-negative and gram-positive microorganisms are the etiological causing factors identified, with E. coli and Proteus mirabilis being predominant. Among the patients in urological departments urinary tract infections are the leading infectious pathology so far documented -80.85% + 0.61. The low efficacy of the prophylactic and antiepidemiological measures undertaken correlate with the low rate of diagnosing such infections, and with the insufficient theoretical and methodological training of the medical personnel along these lines.