<records>
<record>
<language>eng</language>
<publisher>Excellent Publishers</publisher>
<journalTitle>
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences (IJCMAS) CODEN(USA)-IJCMO9
</journalTitle>
<issn>2319-7692</issn>
<eissn>2319-7706</eissn>
<publicationDate>2015-01-10</publicationDate>
<volume>5</volume>
<issue>1</issue>
<startPage>23</startPage>
<endPage>31</endPage>
<documentType>article</documentType>
<title language="eng">
Uropathogens and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern at a tertiary care
teaching hospital in Coastal Karnataka, India
</title>

<authors>
<author>
<name>P. Preethishree</name>
<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Rekha Rai</name>
<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>K. Vimal Kumar </name>
<affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>K.B. Asha Pai</name>
<affiliationId>4</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>U. Pratibha Bhat</name>
<affiliationId>5</affiliationId>
</author>
</authors>

<affiliationsList>
<affiliationName affiliationId="1">
Department of Microbiology, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy,
Mangaluru-575018, Karanataka, India
</affiliationName>


</affiliationsList>

<abstract language="eng">
<p>
Urinary tract infections are common, easily diagnosed conditions with
established laboratory methods of evaluation. Escherichia coli is by far the most
common pathogen, accounting for about 80% of culture positive urinary tract
infections. This study was undertaken to know the prevalence and antibiogram
of uropathogens in our hospital. A total of 2191 clean catch midstream urine
samples were processed in clinical microbiology laboratory during the study
period. Uropathogens were identified by standard techniques and antibiotic
sensitivity testing was carried out by Kirby Bauer Disk Diffusion method as per
CLSI guidelines. Male to female ratio was 1:1.06. Escherichia coli was the
predominant isolate accounting for 57.14% followed by Klebsiella species
(17.62%), Enterococcus species (8.1%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (6.98%), Staphylococcus species (3.97%). 64.44% of E.coli and 53.15% of Klebsiella
produced ESBL. E.coli was highly sensitive to Amikacin (89.17%) and
Nitrofurantoin (85.83%). Our study showed a high prevalence of UTI in
females and in the elderly patients. Most of the gram negative bacilli showed
increasing rates of resistance Cephalosporins, Fluoroquinolones and
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. The resistance pattern is on the rise indicating
the need to establish antibiotic policies and take stringent measures to ensure
effectiveness of the same. 
</p>
</abstract>

<fullTextUrl format="pdf">
http://www.ijcmas.com/vol-5-1/P.%20Preethishree,%20et%20al.pdf
</fullTextUrl>
<keywords language="eng">
<keyword>UTI
</keyword>
</keywords>
<keywords language="eng">
<keyword>Uropathogens</keyword>
</keywords>
<keywords language="eng">
<keyword>Escherichia coli</keyword>
</keywords>
<keywords language="eng">
<keyword>ESBL</keyword>
</keywords>
<keywords language="eng">
<keyword>Antibiotic
susceptibility
pattern</keyword>
</keywords>
</record>
</records>