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 (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial infections in humans after respiratory tract infection. E.coli remains the leading uropathogen being responsible for UTI. The aim of the study is to assess the resistance pattern of E.coli causing UTI to commonly used antibiotics, so as to aid the clinician in changing the appropriate antimicrobial empirical therapy. E.coli isolated from urine samples were identified by conventional biochemical test. Antimicrobial susceptibility test was done by Kirby–Bauer disc diffusion method on Mueller–Hinton agar. Among the 2101 isolates, E.coli was the most common pathogen. Majority of the isolates showed high resistance to gentamycin (37.39%), cotrimoxazole (24.20%), ciprofloxacin (26.05%), norfloxacin (27.29%) and cefotaxime (21.73%), and least resistance to Nitrofurantoin (85.89%) and Amikacin (68.89%). Antibiotics such as gentamycin, cotrimoxazole, ciprofloxacin, norfloxcin and cefotaxime have limited value for the treatment of UTI. Nitrofurantoin and Amikacin should be used in empirical therapy of UTI.
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