Antimicrobial Sensitivity pattern of Bacteria Causing Urinary Tract Infection among Diabetic Patients
Abstract Urinary tract infection is the presence and active multiplication of microorganism within the urinary tract. UTIs are group of infections that affects any part of urinary tract. The cross sectional descriptive study was conducted to determine the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of bacteria causing urinary tract infection in diabetic and non-diabetic patient from February 2016 to March 2016. Among the total 601 urine sample, 250 were diabetics and 351 were non diabetics. All samples were investigated by standard laboratory procedures. Out of diabetic patient 111(44.4%) were female and 139(55.6%) were male and among non-diabetic, 234(66.7%) were female and 117(33.3%) were male. The UTI prevalence rate was found to be 78 (13%) was statistically significant (p = 0.02), among the significant growth 6.8% diabetic and 6.2% non-diabetic. Escherichia coli (54) was the most predominant organism (42.5% in diabetic and 57.5% non-diabetic) followed by Staphylococcus aureus (8). Amikacin, Cotrimoxazole and Nitrofurantoin were most sensitive to E. coli isolated in diabetic and non-diabetic patients among the tested antimicrobials. High rate of resistance was observed with Norfloxacin and Nalidixic acid. Gentamicin, Cefotaxime, Cotrimoxazole and Ciprofloxacin were highly sensitive to S. aureus in diabetic patients while Oxacillin and Azithromycin were resistance and in non-diabetic patient highly sensitive antimicrobials were Azithromycin, Gentamicin, Cefotaxime, Cotrimoxazole, Vancomycin and Ofloxacin while Oxacillin was resistance. The antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacterial isolates should be performed before the treatment of UTI. Key words : Diabetic, Urinary tract infection, Antimicrobial sensitivity.