Comparative study of antibiotic sensitivity in urinary tract infections

ABSTRACT

Specimens of urine were received in the laboratory, on which culture and sensitivity tests were performed. A total of 2437 cases were analysed for urinary tract infection. Only 13.13% of cases with significant bacterial growth [100,000 organisms/ml of urine] were studied for antibiotic sensitivity. The organisms isolated were E. Coli, Klebsiella, Providencia, Pseudomonas, Proteus, Strept. Faecalis, Staph. aureus and Citrobacter in decreasing order of frequency. The prevalence of resistance was maximally shown by Pseudomonas and then by Porteus and Strept. Faecalis. Most of them were sensitive to Noroxin. Next in order were, claforan, gentamiciri and Nitrofurantoin. Septran and Ampicillin showed relatively less susceptibility against these organisms. It was observed that new antibiotics showed better sensitivity as compared with those which are in use for the last many years