| dc.description.abstract | Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) is an infection caused by the presence and growth of
pathogen anywhere in the urinary tract including a kidney, ureter, bladder, and urethra. It
is one of the most common bacterial infections in women, and 50% to 60% of adult
women experience a UTI during their lifetime. In women, the ascent of a number of
organisms into the bladder is easier than in men because of the relatively short urethra
and absence of bactericidal prostatic secretion. The infections cause a serious health
problem affecting millions of people each year and considered among the most common
infectious diseases affecting all age groups, from infants to the elderly and also the most
common infections seen in hospitalized patients and the second most common, after
respiratory tract infections, seen in the general population. A total of 40 samples were
collected from different inpatients at missionary Hospital, the study was carried out
during the period January 2019 to June 2020. The urine samples are collected and
brought to the laboratory under the Department of Microbiology, Hajee Mohammad
Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur and subjected to different
bacteriological profile tests for isolation and identification of bacteria based on
Morphology, Staining, Culture and biochemical examinations and antibiogram study.
Out of 40 clinical samples, 31(77.5%) samples were collected from female and 9(22.5%)
were from male. Out of the culture positive samples, female patients were more (82.1%)
than male patients (17.9%). Several other studies show similar findings. The high
incidence in female is due to colonization with enteric bacteria due to short urethra. Most
number of positive urine cultures (39.28%) was seen in age group 31- 40 years. Our
study showed UTI is a common problem faced by clinicians in every part of the world
irrespective of the age and sex. We discuss the relationship between age, sex, and
pathogens isolated, antibiotic sensitivity pattern in UTI. The culture positive cases were
28 (70%) out of 40 cases which were enrolled in our study. al in their studies showed
culture positive in 31% and 24.5% cases respectively. In another study, culture positive
as low as 8.7%. The study revealed that the total prevalence bacteria were E. coli
12(44.9%), Staphylococcus spp 8(28.6%) and Klebsiella spp 5(17.9%). E. coli showed
sensitivity to Gentamicin, Amikacin, and Ciprofloxacin respectively. Klebsiella spp
showed sensitivity to Ciprofloxacin, Gentamicin and Amikacin.Staphylococcuss spp.
showed to Chloramphenicol, Amikacin and Gentamicin | en_US |
