Muhammad Hussain, Muhammad Irshad, Mohsin Hayat, Humera Adeeb, Ihsan Ullah, Abdul Jalil Khan.
Frequency of uropathogenic bacteria and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern in paediatric patients at a tertiary care hospital.
J Med Sci Jan ;27(3):198-202.

Objective: To find the sensitivity patterns of uro-pathogens to the commonly prescribed antibiotics for UTI in paediatric patients. Materials and methods: Retrospective analysis of urine culture and sensitivity from the record of 143 patients referred by Paediatric department and reported by pathology department, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar from January 2018 to June 2018 was done.RESULTS: The commonest pathogen found was E. Coli(71.23%) followed by Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter, Pseudomonas auroginosa and Providencia species. The sensitivity of E. coli was (27.4%) to Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole(9.8 - 39.2%)to commonly used drugs from cephalosporin group and (39.25 %) to Ciprofloxacin. On the other hand, its sensitivity was(100%) to Meronem, (99%) to Gentamycin and Imipenem,(87.2%)to Fosfomycin and (98.9%) to Nitrofurantoin. Multi drug resistance of E. Coli frequency was 83.39% as per our study. CONCLUSION: E. Coli is the commonest pathogen causing UTI and its antibiotic sensitivity varies over time and geographical locations.

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