Rajendra Prasad Kathula1, Chakrapani Alavala2
BACKGROUND
Urinary tract infections are common causes of both community acquired and nosocomial infections in adult patients admitted in the hospitals. Urinary tract infections can be defined as the presence of pathogenic bacteria in significant colony count in the bladder of upper urinary tract with its associated consequences. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is a term used to designate urinary tract infections in the absence of symptoms with the growth of bacteria colonies often crossing 1,00,000/mL in a freshly voided midstream urine sample. Urethritis and cystitis are characterised by the inflammation of the urethra and bladder with symptoms of dysuria, frequency and lower pubic pain and it is associated with fever. Acute pyelonephritis is the bacterial infection of renal parenchyma and it is characterised by fever with rigors, flank pain, vomiting, costovertebral tenderness with or without symptoms of cystitis. It may be associated with pus formation. Prostatitis is quiet common and it involves infective inflammation of the prostate associated with dysuria, urgency, frequency and pain in the lower abdomen, perineum, or base of the penis. A sincere effort has been made towards this study on pathogenesis and its sensitivity pattern in UTI.
METHODS
One hundred cases who visited the Department of Surgery, Government Medical College, Nizamabad were used as the sample size of the study. The plethora of the signs and symptoms which were seen were noted and the mid catch of the urine was done and sent to the Department of Microbiology for the pathogens to be identified. The sensitivity pattern was also studied and reported. The study was done from October 2012 to November 2013.
RESULT
The most common pathogen was E. coli and the most sensitivity of the commonest pathogen (E. coli) was found to be towards Nitrofurantoin.
CONCLUSION
In this study, the most common pathogens which causes the UTI and the sensitivity pattern has been reported. The study is intended to help the practising surgeons, urologists and nephrologists to understand the common UTI causing pathogens and the sensitivity patterns. There might be a geographical variation and the study may form a base for further studies in different locations so that the study can actually help in all parts of the country without any doubts.
