Prevalence and distribution of gram negative bacteria of Enterobacteriaceae causing Urinary tract infections among hospitalized patients

作者：Devanand Prakash · 年份：2013 · 被引用次数：4 · 研究领域：Urinary Tract Infections Management、Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies、Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

Prevalence and frequency distribution in isolated gram negative bacteria causing urinary tract infections (UTI) in patients attending Meerut Kidney Hospital, Meerut city, Uttar Pradesh, India was determined. About 132 clinical samples of urine were collected from the patients and 96 gram negative bacteria were isolated from 64 positive samples of urine. The total prevalence of UTI was found to be 48.48% in the study population. The urinary tract infection was most frequently encountered in females (64.49%) between the age group 26 to 36 years (90.48%) followed by 15-25 years (70.59%). Among the isolated gram negative bacteria, the prevalence of Escherichia coli was found highest (42.71%) followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae (23.96%), Proteus spp. (19.79%) and Enterobacter spp. (13.54%).