The sensitivities to first-line antibiotic therapy of the common urinary tract bacterial XXXX detected in urine samples at a hospital in metropolitan Kampala (Uganda).

@entity1 @entity104 @entity6616 @entity115 @entity799 @entity795 @entity2929 @entity2177 @entity1132 @entity281 @entity802 @entity4005 @entity293 @entity526
BACKGROUND: @entity293 ( @entity293 ) are among the most common @entity1 @entity281 . Many urinary tract bacteria are capable of expressing drug resistance. Resistant bacteria may be present from the commencement of the @entity281 or may develop during treatment. This study focused on the problem of antibiotic resistance to the first-line drugs that were used to treat @entity1 presenting with @entity293 at Rubaga hospital in Kampala, Uganda. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to isolate and identify the major bacterial pathogens of symptomatic and asymptomatic @entity293 among @entity1 at Rubaga hospital. Furthermore, the study sought to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of the major bacterial isolates to the first-line drugs used to treat @entity293 at Rubaga hospital. METHODS: Urine samples were aseptically collected and examined microscopically and were microbiologically cultured on blood agar, nutrient agar and on MacConkey agar. The isolates obtained were then identified using standard tests and tested for antimicrobial sensitivity by the Kirby-Bauer technique. RESULTS: The isolated pathogens included @entity526 (10.9%), Staphylococcus (31.9%), Streptococcus (9.2%), @entity4005 species (21.0%) and @entity795 species (10.1%). 20 (16.8%) of the isolates were @entity1132 fermenting gram-negative rods that were also @entity104 -negative. These isolates were termed 'unclassified coliforms' in this study but were probably Enterobacter species. On antimicrobial susceptibility testing, all the gram-negative isolates were significantly resistant to @entity115 , @entity799 , @entity2929 , and to @entity802 ; but were susceptible to @entity6616 . Among the gram-negative isolates, only @entity4005 species were significantly resistant (p<0.05) to @entity2177 . The gram-positive cocci were susceptible to @entity115 , @entity2177 , and to @entity2929 but resistant to @entity799 and @entity802 . Unlike the Staphylococcus species that were significantly resistant to @entity6616 , Streptococcus species were moderately susceptible to the drug. CONCLUSION: The common urinary tract bacteria detected in Rubaga hospital in Uganda were most sensitive to @entity2177 and @entity6616 .
