Bacteriological profile and antibiogram of urinary tract infections at a tertiary care hospital
Journal Title: IP International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
A prospective laboratory based observational study collaborating with medicine, surgery, paediatrics, nephrology, urology, obstetrics & gynaecology and STD departments was carried out over a period of one year with 500 patients suffering from UTI, which included 49% of males and 51% of females. Among the 500 patients, significant bacteriuria was detected in 150 patients that constitute 30% of the sample tested. The highest incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI) 41.3% was recorded in paediatric age group followed by reproductive age group (33.3%). In this study, 129 Gram Negative Bacilli and 21 Gram Positive Cocci were isolated among which, E. coli (57%) was the commonest organism followed by Klebsiella spp (20 %). In addition, presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (3%), Proteus (2%), Enterobacter (1.35%) and Citrobacter (1.35%) and Acinetobacter (2 %) were also detected from the test samples. Among the Gram Positive cocci, 7% were CONS, 5% were Staphylococcus aureus and 1.3% were Enterococcus faecalis. All the Gram negative bacilli were mostly found sensitive to Imepenam (100%) whereas, the Gram positive cocci were sensitive to Vancomycin (100%) followed by Amikacin (84%), Levofloxacin (83%), Cefipime (81%), Cefoxitin (76%) and Nitrofurantoin (61%). Ampicillin and Co-trimoxazole were highly resistant showed only 11% and 13% sensitivity. Cephlosporins, Nalidixic acid and Norfloxacin were resistant to all the isolated pathogen by 50% and more.
Authors and Affiliations
V. P. Sarasu, S. Ramalatha Rani
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP305634
- DOI 10.18231/2455-6807.2017.0025
- Views 95
- Downloads 0
Evaluation of BAL versus sputum specimen for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in sputum AFB smear negative patients- retrospective study at PIMSR, Gujarat
Aims and Objective Early diagnosis of smear negative tuberculosis is a significant challenge in control of tuberculosis The present retrospective study was done on sputum and BAL samples of the same patients for better d...
A study on the effect of storage time on Antibacterial Activity of honey
It is an age old belief that honey improves with age. In our laboratory, we conducted a study on the antibacterial property of honey against burn wound isolates. Honey freshly obtained from forest and commercially availa...
Mycological profile of chronic suppurative otitis media in a tertiary care center in Rajasthan
Introduction: Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media is a major health problem in developing countries because of poor nutrition, improper hygiene and lack of health education. Due to advent of newer and sophisticated antibiot...
Association of Candida and its antifungal susceptibility pattern in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of Candida species and antifungal susceptibility pattern among smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in a coastal tertiary care teaching hospital. Ma...
Role of Vesicular Trafficking in Infection and Cancer: A Review
Most of the pathogenic bacteria and viruses are capable of causing variety of infections in the respective hosts. These infectious agents enter and spread inside the host cells via various modes most notable of which is...