Antibiotic sensitivity pattern of urinary tract pathogens in Port – Harcourt, Nigeria
The prevalence and sensitivity pattern of urinary pathogens from 1240 patients in Port-harcourt, Nigeria was investigated. The predominant pathogens cultured was E. coli which accounted for 76.6% of the infections. Klebsiella spp was responsible for 8.1% of cases while the rest were accounted for by...
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| description | The prevalence and sensitivity pattern of urinary pathogens from 1240 patients in Port-harcourt, Nigeria was investigated. The predominant pathogens cultured was E. coli which accounted for 76.6% of the infections. Klebsiella spp was responsible for 8.1% of cases while the rest were accounted for by Proteus spp (4.8%), coagulase-negative staphylococci (3.2%), Pseudomonas spp (2.4%), Enterobacter spp. (2.4%), Staphylococcus aureus (1.6%) and Citrobacter species (0.8%). The majority of the isolates were resistant to tetracycline (75.8%), ampicillin (71.0%) and cotrimoxazole (65.3%) but exhibited good sensitivity to nitrofurantoin (88.7%), gentamicin (85.5%) and nalidixic acid (76.6%). It is recommended that a periodic reassessment of the sensitivity pattern of urinary pathogens be carried out to serve as a guide for antibiotic therapy of UTIs in a particular environment since these organisms exhibited resistance to first-line drugs used for UTI infections. Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management Vol. 10(3) 2006: 103-107 |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e6d9106b9624498b809c8d984dd1991c2024-04-02T19:54:34ZengJoint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP)Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management2659-15022659-14992006-10-0110310.4314/jasem.v10i3.17328Antibiotic sensitivity pattern of urinary tract pathogens in Port – Harcourt, NigeriaJC Uwaezuoke0JN Ogbulie1Imo State University P.M.B. 2000, Owerri, NigeriaFederal University of Technology, Owerri, NigeriaThe prevalence and sensitivity pattern of urinary pathogens from 1240 patients in Port-harcourt, Nigeria was investigated. The predominant pathogens cultured was E. coli which accounted for 76.6% of the infections. Klebsiella spp was responsible for 8.1% of cases while the rest were accounted for by Proteus spp (4.8%), coagulase-negative staphylococci (3.2%), Pseudomonas spp (2.4%), Enterobacter spp. (2.4%), Staphylococcus aureus (1.6%) and Citrobacter species (0.8%). The majority of the isolates were resistant to tetracycline (75.8%), ampicillin (71.0%) and cotrimoxazole (65.3%) but exhibited good sensitivity to nitrofurantoin (88.7%), gentamicin (85.5%) and nalidixic acid (76.6%). It is recommended that a periodic reassessment of the sensitivity pattern of urinary pathogens be carried out to serve as a guide for antibiotic therapy of UTIs in a particular environment since these organisms exhibited resistance to first-line drugs used for UTI infections. Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management Vol. 10(3) 2006: 103-107https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/17328 |
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| title_full | Antibiotic sensitivity pattern of urinary tract pathogens in Port – Harcourt, Nigeria |
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| title_short | Antibiotic sensitivity pattern of urinary tract pathogens in Port – Harcourt, Nigeria |
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