Bacteriological Profile and Antibiogram of Uropathogens in Pediatric Age Group Population from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Western Nepal

Authors

  • Subhash Lal Karn Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal
  • Ravi Kumar Kushwaha Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal
  • Sulochana Khatiwada Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal
  • Shristi Raut Adhikari Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal
  • Buddhi Raj Pokhrel Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal
  • Binaya Tamang Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal
  • Raju Kafle Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jucms.v8i02.34287

Keywords:

Bacteriological profile, Pediatric age group, Western Nepal

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial infections encountered in day to day pediatrics practices. It has been a significant cause of acute morbidity and is also a significant cause of hospital attendance among children. In children, despite the presence of simple and reliable methods of preliminary screening of children's urine, UTI continues to be under-diagnosed.

AIMS & OBJECTIVE

The study aimed to know the clinical and bacteriological profile of urinary tract infection and to find out the drug resistance of bacterial isolates in pediatric age group population attending Universal College of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Bhairahawa.

MATERIALS & METHODOLOGY

Three hundred and seven non-repetitive urine samples from UTI suspected pediatric patients were included in the study and subjected for microscopic urine analysis followed by semi- quantitative culture by calibrated loop method for estimation of significant bacteriuria.

RESULTS

Present study showed that UTIs are more common in girls (54.07%) than in boys (45.92%). In terms of urine culture, 98 (31.92%) subjects had positive urine culture. There was no consistent symptom common to all patients with UTI other than fever. E. coli was the commonest uropathogens isolated. E. coli was the principal isolates showing high susceptibility to Imipenem (90.5%).

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Author Biographies

Subhash Lal Karn, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

Department of Microbiology, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal.

Ravi Kumar Kushwaha, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

B.Sc. M.L.T. student, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

Sulochana Khatiwada, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

Department of Microbiology, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal.

Shristi Raut Adhikari, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

Department of Microbiology, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal.

Buddhi Raj Pokhrel, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

Department of Biochemistry, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal.

Binaya Tamang, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

Department of Biochemistry, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal.

Raju Kafle, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

Department of Pediatrics, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

 

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Published

2020-12-31

How to Cite

Karn, S. L., Kushwaha, R. K., Khatiwada, S., Adhikari, S. R., Pokhrel, B. R., Tamang, B., & Kafle, R. (2020). Bacteriological Profile and Antibiogram of Uropathogens in Pediatric Age Group Population from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Western Nepal. Journal of Universal College of Medical Sciences, 8(02), 51–56. https://doi.org/10.3126/jucms.v8i02.34287

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 02 (2020)

Section

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