The prevalence of urosepsis as a complication of UTI was the most among 120 patients with the percentage of (22.5%) in the patients of internal medicine department. Prevalence of male (52%) was found to be higher compared to the female (48%) patients along with greater prevalence of complicated UTI cases (47.5%). Most of the patients suffered from symptoms of Abdominal pain 90 (75%) followed by burning micturition 61 (50%) One of the most isolated bacteria during the study period was E.coli (47.3%) followed by Klebsiella pneumonia (28.07%).The highest probability of UTI occurrence in relation to the age is 0.25 showing that the most prone age group to get UTI is of 50-60 years of age group. The most common prescribed antibiotic were third generation cephalosporin’s and meropenem. Nitrofurantoin were prescribed in treatment of Recurrent UTI cases to treat resistant bacteria.
a prospective observational study on antibiotic profile in urinary tract infections in patients with co-morbid conditions
Research Article
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.20231410.0802
Subject:
Medical
KeyWords:
Urinary tract infections (UTI), Escherichia coli (E. coli), Antibiotics, Cefperazone, Ceftriaxone.
Abstract: