Óbitos de mulheres decorrentes de infecção do trato urinário em Goiás, Brasil, dos anos 2016 a 2018

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is characterized by the presence and multiplication of microorganisms along the pathways. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the death rates of women in the state of Goiás, whose underlying cause mortis was urinary tract infection, during the period from 2016 to 2018; raise the most prevalent infectious agents causing urinary tract infection; quantify the number of deaths; the most affected age groups. METHODOLOGY: Cross-sectional research that analyzes the data of a given demographic group. Data were analyzed by women aged 20 years to 80, or older. RESULTS: 651 women died, whose underlying cause of death was urinary tract infection. According to data from the Mortality Information System (SIM), the highest incidence is in the age group of women aged 80 years or older. CONCLUSION: The most common itu-causing bacterium is Escherichia coli, due to the proximity of the vagina and anus organs. Untreated UTI leads to death.