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Serotyping of Escherichia coli isolated from urine and stool of patients with urinary tract infection and stool samples of control group for uroprevalent strains of Escherichia coli showed significant difference in distribution of uroprevalent strains in faecal flora of patients with urinary tract infection as compared to control group. The most common serotype of Escherichia coli responsible for urinary tract infection was found to be O: 128 K: 67
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The study included 200 hospitalized catheterized male patients with urinary tract infection. Fifty, age and sex matched controls were also included. Urine and stool cultures were carried out in the patients group while only stool samples of the control group were cultured. Most of the patients were of age group 50-69 years. The study was planned to find out the aerobic bowel flora of hospitalized patients suffering from urinary tract infection and to compare it with pathogens isolated from urine of such patients. Gram negative organisms were the commonest organisms isolated from patients with urinary tract infection. Pyuria was found to be present in 72% of the cases with positive culture. The culture of stool samples from patients with urinary tract infection revealed the same species of organisms isolated from urine in 56% of the cases