A STUDY OF UROPATHOGENS IN WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE GROUP IN A TRIBAL AREA OF EASTERN INDIA

DR. KUHU PAL; DR. RETINA PAUL; SAYANTANI BHATTACHARYYA

Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2018

A STUDY OF UROPATHOGENS IN WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE GROUP IN A TRIBAL AREA OF EASTERN INDIA

Dr. Kuhu Pal, Dr. Retina Paul, Sayantani Bhattacharyya

Abstract :

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the universal forms of infectious disease in human. Culture, habits, provision of sanitation, hygiene and health care service have great influence on the incidence and bacterial profile of the UTI in different settings.

A Cross–sectional study was done on 202 non pregnant women of reproductive age group (15–45 years) in a tribal area in Eastern part of India during July – August 2017.Clean catch midstream urine samples were collected from participants during home visit , irrespective of sign symptoms of UTI. Among the 202 urine samples 44 samples (21.78%) showed growth. Of these 44 patients, 61.36% had no urinary symptoms. Escherechia.coli (n=11) was found to be predominant uropathogen followed by Staphylococcus aureus (n= 7), Klebsiella sp(n=2), Morganella morganii(n=2), etc. Amikacin (96.8%) appeared as most effective drug both against Gram positive and Gram negative pathogenic isolates, followed by Meropenem (93.5%), Nitrofurantoin (83.9%), Ciprofloxacin (80.6%) . Isolates showed least susceptibility to Cotrimoxazole (51.6%) and Amoxyclav (28.57%). Knowledge of incidence of UTI and distribution of organism along with their sensitivity pattern were essential for deciding empirical treatment of UTI of any population.