The Role of Emotional Eating as Relief Mechanism from Psychological Distress and its Impact on Overall Wellbeing

Abstract

Antibiotic susceptibility profiles of bacterial isolates from immunocompromised patients attending selected health facilities in Benue State were investigated. Three hundred and three midstream urine samples were collected for both study and control patient and bacteria were isolated and identified following standard bacteriological methods. Prevalence of UTIs and antibiotic susceptibility profiles were done. Drug resistant bacterial isolates were identified as multidrug resistant (MDR), extensive drug resistant (XDR) and pan-drug resistant organisms (PDR). Data were analysed and statistical significance was considered at p<0.05. From the results, fifty-seven and twenty-one bacterial isolates were identified given prevalence of 18.8% and 6.9% for the study and control subjects respectively. The male HIV patients had higher prevalence of UTI (20.6%) than the female (17.5%). The study bacterial isolates expressed high levels of resistance to ampicillin, aztreonam, nalidixic acid, tetracycline, cotrimoxazole and the quinolones. Cefotaxime, genticin, augmentin and imipenem which showed high susceptibility were the most effective antibiotics. None of the isolates showed complete susceptibility to all the tested antibiotics. Forty-one drug resistant bacterial isolates consisting of 30 MDR, 7 XDR and 4 PDR isolates were identified. High prevalence of UTI and drug resistant isolates in immunocompromised HIV infected patients was shown in this study. Therefore, regular test of urine cultures and sensitivity, antibiotic policy for rational use of antibiotics in our hospitals and close monitoring of MDR, XDR and PDR isolates in our communities will significantly reduce the problem of antibiotic resistance.