Bacterial Etiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Profile of Urinary Tract Infections among Children in a Tertiary Care Health Setup
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 4
Abstract
To study the bacterial etiology and antimicrobial resistance profile of urinary tract infections among children in a tertiary care health setup. A total of 300 children up to 14 years of age who presented to the pediatric outpatient department or were admitted to inpatient ward with a clinical diagnosis of urinary tract infections (UTI) were included in the study. Appropriate samples were collected and processed according to standard laboratory methods for isolation of bacterial pathogens and detecting their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern. Prevalence of UTI among pediatric population in our hospital was found to be 17%. Males were more affected than females. Majority (58.8%) of the culture positive isolates were Gram negative viz E. coli (52.9%) and Klebsiella spp. (5.2%). Among Gram positive isolates incidence of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus spp. were found to be 11.7% and 29.4% respectively. E. coli (52.9%) was the most common isolate showing 88.8% sensitivity to imipenem, meropenem and 77.7% to nitrofurantoin and gentamicin. Pediatric uropathogens are showing high rate of drug resistance.
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Loveleena Agarwal, Rajesh Yadav, Amit Kumar Singh, Abhishek Jaiswal, Aditya Mishra
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