What causes Urinary Tract Infection UTI) in our locality and how do they respond to antibiotics

What is it about?

Clinicians usually rely on the information on drug detailing as given by drug companies’ sales representatives for the treatment of UTI in the study centre and not necessarily on empirical evidence of susceptibility of the isolates Also, it is important to understand which organisms cause UTI in the locality. This will help reduce irrational use of antibiotics and development of resistance.

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Why is it important?

Our findings show that 1. E. coli and S. aureus were the commonest cause of UTI in the studied population and setting 2. Most are multi drug resistant suggesting antibiotic abuse and mis-use 3. The pattern of microbial resistance to antibiotics suggests that Ceftazidime, Fosfomycin and Cefoxitin may not be the appropriate first-line antibiotics in the empirical treatment of UTIs 4. Only Levofloxacin showed a significantly better effect against all the isolates