prospective study of bacteriuria in Libyan adults

ABSTRACT

A prospective study was carried out to discover the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria among Libyan adults attending one of the polyclinics at Benghazi for reasons other than urinary complaints. A total of 628 cases were screened. Covert bacteriuria was found in 4.5% males were bacteriuric. Escherichia coli was the commonest organism isolated from these patients. An increased resistance was found to some of the commonly prescribed antibiotics, especially ampicillin [75% resistant] cotrimoxazole [62%] and teracyclin [62%]. Nitrofurantoin was active against 81% and cephaloridine against 87.5% of isolate