PREVALENCE AND ANTIMICROBIAL SENSITIVITIES OF UROPATHOGENIC BACTERIA IN A GROUP OF PATIENTS IN KIRKUK CITY | ||
| AL-TAQANI | ||
| Article 1, Volume 27, Issue 2, April 2014, Pages 0-0 | ||
| Author | ||
| Asal Aziz Tawfeeq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A total of (405) urine samples were collected from patients with suspected urinary tract infections in the ages between (1-12) years old and from both sexes attending as the out patients of the main Kirkuk city hospital during the period from January to September 2012. Collected urine samples were subjected to different diagnostic tests for the isolation and identification of the infecting bacteria. Results indicated a seasonal variation in the frequency of urinary tract infections incidence among the patients during the research period where the higher frequency of urinary tract infections was recorded during the hotter seasons from June to September. In addition, it was found that, E.coli was the most infecting microorganism showing the percentage of (44.44%) followed by Klebsiella oxytoca that recorded the percentage of (25.92%) and Proteus mirabilis that spotted the third incidence percentage as (23.7%) and Staphylococcus aureus that recorded the incidence as (5.9%) from the cultures of the urine samples. Moreover, and according to the age group; infant patients recorded an incidence of urinary tract infections as (57.53%) and children patients recorded an incidence as (31.85%),while, adult patients recorded an incidence as (10.62%). Besides, it was found that, urinary tract infections was more prevalent in female patients in a percentage of (56.54%) than male patients whom recorded the percentage of (43.46%) at different age groups. Furthermore, the results of antibiotic sensitivity test for the urinary tract infections bacterial isolates showed resistance and sensitivity to different types of antibiotics. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Urinary Tract Infection; UTI; uropathogenic bacteria; Kirkuk city; coli; Klebsiella oxytoca; Proteus mirabilis; Staphylococcus aureus | ||
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