Antibiotic resistance of E. coli isolates from urine samples of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) patients in Pakistan

Drug resistance is becoming alarming with the passage of time worldwide in general and in third world countries in particular. Human urine specimens of patients of urinary tract infection at Sheikh Zayed hospital, Lahore, Pakistan were analyzed for drug resistance in Escherichia coli. A total of 69...

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Autores principales: Jafri, Saghir Ahmad, Qasim, Muhammad, Masoud, Muhammad S, Rahman, Mahmood-ur-, Izhar, Mateen, Kazmi, Saqib
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Biomedical Informatics 2014
Materias:
Hypothesis
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4135289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25187681
http://dx.doi.org/10.6026/97320630010419
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Sumario:Drug resistance is becoming alarming with the passage of time worldwide in general and in third world countries in particular. Human urine specimens of patients of urinary tract infection at Sheikh Zayed hospital, Lahore, Pakistan were analyzed for drug resistance in Escherichia coli. A total of 69 Escherichia coli isolates from human urine specimens were obtained and screened for their antibiograms. A total of seven antibiotic resistance profiles were obtained with over 65% of the isolates showing multi-drug resistance. Very high resistance levels were detected against augmentin and gentamicin (87.5 &77.5 % respectively) while imipenem and tazocin recorded the least resistance levels (32.5% and 12.5% respectively) among the isolates.

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