Objectives: To find out the common pathogenic organisms causing urinary tract infection in patients admitted to the Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya and to review the antibiotic sensitivity pattern of these organisms by analyzing the urine culture results generated by the microbiology laboratory. Design: All the urine culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (ABST)) reports of patients over the age of 12 years generated by the microbiology laboratory between January to May 2008 were collected and analyzed.

Background & Objectives:The morbidity and mortality still remain significantly high in patients with severe lower respiratory tract infections. But data related to the offending organisms and their antibiotic sensitivity pattern is limited. Therefore, this study was designed to identify the bacterial pathogens and to review their antibiotic sensitivity by analyzing the results of sputum for culture samples which were received by Microbiology Department, Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya between January to December 2007.

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