[Bacteremic urinary infection in men: comparative study with bacteremic pyelonephritis in women].

Objective: To compare the clinic and microbiologic characteristics of the extrahospitalary bacteremic urinary infections (EBUI) between men and women assisted in a 200 bed community hospital.

Patients And Methods: A prospective study of the EBUI diagnosed in our hospital from January 1991 to April 1994 was carried out. Quantitative variables were evaluated with t Student analysis, chi 2 was used for the comparation of proportions.