Urinary tract infection is one of the most common bacterial disease found in all age groups and has become a major health problem developing countries. UTI’s are treated with various antibiotics but extensive inappropriate use promotes development antibiotic resistance among uropathogenic bacteria also responsible for emerging multidrug resistant strains. The drug uropathogens made treatment UT...

Author's response to reviews: see over 1 Dear Editor, Below, we present responses to comments raised by reviewers of our pending article titled: Antibiograms from community-acquired uropathogens in Gulu, northern Uganda-a cross-sectional study. We have presented a point by point response to each comment directly to the reviewer. All responses are presented in the order in which they are raised....

UTI may be Symptomatic or Asymptomatic (colonisation without symptoms or signs of infection), Uncomplicated where the urinary tract is structurally and neurologically normal, invading organisms will be high grade uropathogens, usually grown in pure culture and not very antibiotic resistant or Complicated where the urinary tract is structurally or neurologically abnormal, hence lower degree path...

INTRODUCTION Urinary tract infection is common in childhood. Depending on the localization of the infection, severity of its clinical presentation and possible acute and long-term complications, it may be described as either acute cystitis or acute pyelonephritis. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the resistance patterns of uropathogens during the last 5 years in newborns and youn...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence of urinary tract infection among patients at Messalata Central Hospital, Libya, to identify the causative bacteria, and to explore their resistance pattern to antimicrobials. METHODS A total number of 1153 urine samples were collected from patients, who attended daily to Messalata Central Hospital, Libya, in a study extended for one year. Antimicrobial...

BACKGROUND Data on the success rate of sitafloxacin treatment in acute complicated urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis are limited. OBJECTIVES To determine the success rate of a new oral fluoroquinolone, sitafloxacin, in acute complicated urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis. METHODS A prospective study of 30 patients who were diagnosed with acute complicated urinary tract infe...

Urinary tract infection is one of the common clinical condition in the patients presenting to the clinics and hospitals. Detection of common pathogens and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern is mandatory for effective treatment. The present study was conducted to detect common pathogens of urinary tract infection (UTI) and their susceptibility pattern to the commonly used antimicrobial a...

Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common complication occurring in obstetric patients, posing adverse risks to both the mother and fetus. The aim of this study analyse bacteriological profile antimicrobial susceptibility pattern uropathogens obstetrics gynaecology ward for effective treatment. Methods: A total 404 urine samples from pregnant women with different gestational age wer...