Bacteriuria in apparently healthy individual in Osogbo.

Out of the 248 samples analysed, 27 (10.9%) were significant for asymptomatic bacteriuria. The occurrence of pathogenic organisms was seen to differ significantly by age and sex among the volunteers. Escherichia coli is the most frequently isolated pathogen with 40.7%, followed by Klebsiella spp (33.3%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (18.5%), and Citrobacter spp (7.4%). In this study, the occurrence of these organisms was highest in the age group of 5-14 (13.8%) years while the age group 25-34 had the least (8.1%) and the females (11.5%) were more affected than males (9.8%).