National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Urinary tract infection is one of the commonest bacterial infections encountered in daily clinical practice and a major problem that is frequently encountered by pediatrics healthcare providers. This study aimed to find bacterial profile of urinary tract infection (UTI) in children between less than 1 year to 15 years of age. This is a hospital based retrospective study conducted at Government Medical College, Haldwani over a period of January 2012 to March 2013. Clean catch mid-stream urine samples from 458 clinically suspected cases of urinary tract infections were processed as per standard procedures. Antimicrobial susceptibility test was performed for the isolated pathogens using Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. Among the 458 children, 75 (16.37%) were found to be culture positive. Most common age group having culture positivity was 6-10 years (29.33%). Present study showed that UTI is more common in boys (54.66%) than in girls (45.33%). The most common organism causing the urinary tract infection in this study was Escherichia coli (n=48, 64%). Other were Enterococcus spp. (n=8, 12%), Klebsiella spp. (n=4, 5.33%), Proteus spp. (n=4, 5.33% ), Pseudomonas spp. (n= 3, 4%), Coagulase negative staphylococcus (n=2, 2.66%), Citrobacter spp. (n=2, 2.66%), Acinetobacter spp. (n=1, 1.33%), MRCONS (n=1, 1.33%), and Staphylococcus aureus (n=1, 1.33%). E. coli showed 87.5% and 79.2% resistance to Ampicillin/sulbactum and Ciprofloxacin & Levofloxacin respectively; while it showed less resistance (18.7%) to Nitorfuratoin. Enterococcus spp. showed 88.88% resistance to Norfloxacin and Ciprofloxacin.
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