Risk factors associated with urinary tract infections in intensive care patients

•We aimed to determine risk factors for urinary tract infection (UTI) in ICU patients to inform potential interventions.•We compared 90 cases of UTIs with 90 patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria and 344 uninfected controls.•UTIs tended to occur early in the course of ICU admission, and were more common in surgical patients•Risk factors included catheter placement in emergency or the operating room.