A clinical diagnosis of urinary tract infection is made by physicians. However, the microbiological diagnosis is based on detecting the growth of uropathogens in numbers considered significant. To evaluate how reliably the laboratories are able to perform the quantitative culture of simulated urine specimens, we analysed 6932 External Quality Assurance (EQA) results of 335 laboratories. All lab...

Vaginal colonisation with E. coli appears to be an important prerequisite for the development of UTI. Whereas colonisation with P fimbriated strains has been clearly shown to predispose to pyelonephritis, virulence factors which predispose to cystitis have not been so clearly identified. Several host genetic and behavioural factors have been found to be associated with increased colonisation wi...

Objective: To identify rapidly changing antibiotic susceptibility of ESBL & Uropathogens. Study Design: Comparative Cross-sectional prospective study. Setting: Allied Hospitals Peshawar Medical College. Period: 8th November 2021 to 5th March 2022. Material Methods: 10-15ml midstream urine was collected in a sterile container from 158 patients Pus cells, red blood and bacteria were examined ...

The emergence of this usually rare organism as the third most common urinary pathogen, which is resistant to commonly available antibiotics is alarming. The indiscriminate use of antimicrobial agents and frequent genitourinary instrumentation are possibly responsible for this situation. Many such infections could be prevented by selective judicious use of urinary catheters as well as careful at...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-negative uropathogens isolated from pregnant women. METHODS We performed a snapshot cohort study of women receiving care in the University of Florida prenatal clinics during March 2000. Subjects with asymptomatic bacteriuria or cystitis were identified and the antimicrobial susceptibility of each pathogen was recorded. Data were a...