[Causative agents of urinary tract infections and sensitivity to antibiotics]

Mikrobiyol Bul. 1988;22(3):215-21.
[Article in Turkish]

Abstract

Our study was done on the outpatients and inpatients of Ankara Numune Hospital who were diagnosed as having urinary tract infections. When 301 cultures with positive results were evaluated. Gram-negative bacteria were found most frequently (E. coli 45.2%, Klebsiella 23.2%, Enterobacter 16.6%, Proteus 11.5%, S. aureus 2.2%, Pseudomonas 1.3%). By using the disc diffusion method, the effectiveness of antibiotic discs of amikacin, tobramycin, netilmycin, cephoperazone, cephotoxime, cephtizoxime, cephradine, cephuroxime, carbenicillin, piperacillin, ofloxacin, nalidixic acid and sulbactam/ampicillin on the isolated strains were investigated. Ofloxacin (92.35%), cephotaxime (72.6%) and nalidixic acid (62.10%) were found to be the most effective while cephradine (7.96%), carbenicillin (11.8%) and piperacillin (14.96%) were found to be the least effective antibiotics.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacteria / drug effects*
  • Bacteria / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents