Isolation of bacterial pathogens from patients with urinary tract infection in Erbil city and determination of their antibiotic susceptibility patterns
2017
Al-Hamadani, M.S.
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common bacterial infections in community practice. The aim of this study was to identify the etiologic agents and antibiotic resistance on samples taken from the patients living in Erbil City. A total of 500 urine specimens were collected from patients that were clinically suspected cases of UTIs. The bacterial pathogens were isolated by standard microbiologic methods and antimicrobial susceptibility testing was detected by the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. The results showed significant bacterial pathogens were found in (71.2%) the final results of each patient. The most widespread pathogen isolated was E. coli (44.38%) and it was followed by Staphylococcus aureus (19.10%), Staphylococcus epidermidis (10.39%), Klebsiella pneumonia (6.17%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (5.05%), Proteus mirabilis (3.37%), Staphylococcus haemolyticus (1.96%), Staphylococcus saprophyticus (1.96%), Enterobacter aerogenes (1.68%), Klebsiella oxytoca (1.12%), Citrobacter koseri (0.84%), Morganella morganii (0.84%), Enterobacter cloacae (0.56%), Enterococcus faecalis (0.56%), Proteus vulgaris (0.56%), Serratia fonticola (0.56%), Streptococcus agalactiae (0.28%), Citrobacter freundii (0.28%), and Salmonella typhimurium (0.28%). 10 different microbial agents have been tried on 19 species of bacteria in order to determine their antibiotic resistance. As a result, it was found that all bacteria species were sensitive to Ciprofloxacin, Norfloxacinand and Ceftriaxonewhile while their resistance ranged from high to moderate against the other antibiotics studied.
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