Study on Drug Use Pattern of Antibiotics in Urinary Tract Infections among Pregnant Women at a Teaching Hospital

Shilpa, B. M.; Manjunath, GV; Himaja, S.; Abhijeet,

doi:10.18579/jpcrkc/2015/0/0/79240

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“…1 Prevalence of UTI is common in females than males, 40%-50% of whom suffer at least one clinical episode during their lifetime. 2 UTIs are caused by the microbial invasion of the urinary tract, that extends from the renal cortex of the kidney to the urethral meatus either upper(pyelonephritis or pyelitis) or lower(cystitis or urethritis) part. 3 Upper UTI: Fever with chills, nausea, vomiting, flank pain, frequency, urgency, dysuria and urinary incontinence in case of children.…”

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Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility pattern between biofilm and non-biofilm forming uropathogens isolated from community acquired urinary tract infections

Sugil¹,

Ramani²

2020

IJMR

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Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most commonly encountered bacterial infections in healthcare with a spectrum of presentation ranging from benign symptoms of dysuria to life-threatening pyelonephritis. To isolate and identify the uropathogens causing community-acquired urinary tract infections and tocompare antimicrobial susceptibility pattern between biofilm and non-biofilm forming uropathogens Midstream urine samples collected from 100 patients attending the OPD were processed as per standard protocol. Antimicrobial susceptibility was performed for the uropathogens. Biofilm production among the uropathogens was tested by the Tissue culture plate method.Out of the 100 patients with clinically suspected UTI significant growth of bacteria was seen in 47%. E.Coli (40%) being the commonest uropathogen isolated and found to be sensitive to Ak (80%) followed by Nitro (63%). Klebsiella spp and Pseudomonas exhibit a stronger biofilm-producing property. Antimicrobial resistance was seen to be higher among biofilm producing uropathogens. There is a direct correlation between biofilm production and resistance to antimicrobials among the uropathogens comparing to non-biofilm producers.

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