Evaluation of antibiotic resistance in patients with urinary tract infection, khorramabad Madani hospital 2001-2002

Urinary tract infection is a common bacterial infection in childhood. Approximately 3-5% of girls and 1% of boys acquire a urinary tract infection (UTI). The management of UTI is complicated by the increasing prevalence of antibiotic- resistant strains and over the - counter antibiotics empiric therapy with antibiotics such as ampicillin, amoxicillin and cotrimoxazole world cost more and lead to widespread antibiotic resistance. In this study we aimed at assessment of prevalence of antibiotic resistance in 127 patients with positive urine culture based on antibiogram results. This cross- sectional study was performed in Khorramabad Madani hospital during 2001-2002. 62/2% of the patients were female and 37.8% were male. Culture results were: Ecoli (73.3%), proteus (12.6%), klebsiela(9/4%), Entrobacter(3.1%), Citerobacter (0.8%), Yersinia (0.8%). Overall antibiotic resistance was 96.9% and resistance to antibiotics, were: Ampicillin(88.2%), Amoxicillin (86.6%), Cotrimoxazole (75.6%), Nitrofurantoin (18.9%), Nalidixic acid (10.2%), Cefixim (4.7%), Ceftriaxon (3.1%) Gentamicin (11.8%), Amikacin (3.1%). Results showed that antibiotic resistance for over- the counter antibiotics was significant.