BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AND THEIR SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN TO ROUTINE ANTIBIOTICS.

Yabaya A*, Lucy M. and Maimuna H.

Department of Microbiology

Kaduna State University, Tafawa Balewa Way, Kaduna

E-mail:amosyabaya@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

 Forty samples of early morning urine were collected in the clinical pathology laboratory of a Military Reference Hospital, Kaduna, and analyzed for the isolation of bacteria associated with Urinary Tract Infection using standard bacteriological methods. The prevalence of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Staphylococcus aureus and Saprophyticus sp isolates  from the urine samples were  48.49%, 21.21%, 15.15%, 9.09% and 6.06% respectively. The pattern of antibiotic sensitivity test varied with the concentration of the antibiotic used. All the isolates were sensitive to ciprofloxacin (5MCG) and resistant to amoxicillin (30MCG). Ciprofloxacin appeared to be the drug of choice for the treatment of urinary tract infection from this study.

Keywords: Bacteria, Urinary tract, Infection, Susceptibility, Routine Antibiotics, Metropolis