Antibiotic sensitivities of common bacterial pathogens in XXXX at Gondar Hospital, Ethiopia.

@entity1 @entity801 @entity799 @entity114 @entity2929 @entity2177 @entity2755 @entity4005 @entity869 @entity293 @entity803 @entity3398 @entity526
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and sensitivity trends of urinary bacterial isolates. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. SETTING: Gondar College of Medical Sciences (GCMS) Teaching and Referral Hospital, north west Ethiopia. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Four hundred and twenty urine specimens from 70 in- @entity1 and 350 out- @entity1 cases were studied by quantitative culture method and anti-microbial sensitivity test was done by disc diffusion technique. RESULTS: One hundred and seventy two pathogenic organisms were isolated from 166 @entity1 ; the isolation rate was 39.5 %. Among the isolates @entity526 , S. aureus, @entity4005 species, coagulase negative Staphylococcus species and Citrobacter species were common accounting for 46.0%, 18.0%, 10.0%, 8.0% and 6.0%, respectively. Of the total isolates 71.5% were Gram negatives. Sensitivity tested against ten antibiotics showed that resistance was common, and the effectiveness of @entity803 , @entity869 , @entity799 , @entity2755 and @entity114 was under 50.0%. The resistance rate was 71.5%, 62.2%, and 62.2%, 54.7% and 40.8%, respectively. Polymixin B, @entity3398 , @entity801 and @entity2929 controlled over 76.0% of the common infective agents. @entity2177 did control 98.3% of the organisms. CONCLUSION: Resistance was found to be very high to the commonly used antibiotics. The sensitivity rate for the recently introduced @entity2177 was above 98%. Therefore, this antibiotic may be used for empirical therapy of @entity293 ( @entity293 ) when culture and sensitivity testing is impossible. Strict control on the use of antibiotics and appropriate measures against over the counter availability and self-medication is recommended.
