تلخیص
Objectives pneumonia (9.5%), Enterobacter aeruginosa
To identify common bacterial etiologic agents (4.8%), Staphylococcus aureus (3.9%) and
causing urinary tract infection (UTI) among Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2.4%). Escherichia
outpatients with gender and age distribution and coli showed variable susceptibility rate to different
susceptibility and resistance patterns of the antibiotics as 90.5%, 84.7%, 71%, 46.2%, 43.1%,
isolates. 43.1%, 41.6%, 35.4%, 33.9% and 21.6% of the
Methods isolates were found to be susceptibility to
The study was carried out at Azadi Teaching amikacin, nitrofuratoin, rifampicin, nalidixic acid,
Hospital, Duhok city, Iraq. Urine samples of 223 trimethoprim, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin,
outpatients were collected and screened on cephalothin, cefotaxime and amoxicillin,
MacConkey and Blood agar. Antimicrobial respectively. Five different resistotype patterns
susceptibility testing was performed by Kirby were found in Escherichia coli isolates; common
Bauer's disc diffusion method. Isolated colonies resistotype was 1.
were processed for biochemical characterization, Conclusion
antibiotic sensitivity test and resistance patterns. This study showed higher rate of UTI in female
Results than male population in age group of 20-29 years.
Of the 223 specimens, 126 (56.5%) had a positive Escherichia coli was the most frequent causative
urine culture. Of these, 111 (88.1%) were female agent and showed multi-drug resistance with
and 15 (11.9%) male. Infections rate were higher different resistotyping patterns. (Rawal Med J
among those aged 20-30 years in both gender. 2012;37:268-272).
Escherichia coli was found to be the most frequent Keywords
causative agent of UTIs (51.6%) followed by Urinary tract infections, antibiotics, E. coli,
Enterococcus faecalis (27.8.3%), Klebsiella enterococcus.
Najim Abdulla Yassin. (2012) Laboratory evaluation of urine culture and drug resistance in outpatients clinically suspected of urinary tract infections, , Volume 37, Issue 3.
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