Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection and the Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern of the Most Common Uropathogen from a Tertiary Care Hospital of Jamshedpur

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Urinary tract infections are one of the mostcommon infections encountered and pose a major threat topublic health. Strict antibiotic policies based upon theknowledge of regional susceptibility pattern, may be of greathelp for the clinicians and also prevent emergence of resistantstrains of pathogens.Aim: The aim of this study was to observe the prevalence andanalyse the antibiotic sensitivity pattern of the most commonlyisolated uropathogen in urinary tract infection.Materials and Methods: In this study a total of 338 urinarysamples of suspected urinary tract infections were collectedfrom the microbiology laboratory of M.G.M. Medical Collegeand Hospital, a tertiary care hospital. The age and sex ofpatients, the organisms isolated and antimicrobial susceptibilityprofile of the most frequently isolated uropathogens wasobserved.Results: Out of 338 samples suspected of UTI 118samples showed positive growth in MacConkey agar.Antibiotic susceptibility test was done by disc diffusion method.The most frequently isolated uropathogen was E.coli ie 51%and the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of E.coli was observed.Resistance to the commonly used drugs was high.Conclusion: Drug resistance has become a global problemthese days so proper surveillance and coordinance with theclinicians is required for the judicious selection of effectiveempirical treatment of UTI.