Abstract

Urinary tract infection(UTI) is consider as a common infection and in spite of the availability of antibiotics, UTI has become difficult to treat because of the increasing resistance of pathogenic bacteria to antibiotics .This research was done to detect the uropathogens of urinary tract in individuals attending Tikrit Teaching Hospital (T.T.H.) . complaining from UTI.The present study was carried out from November 2013to February 2014 and 63 urine samples were examined 29 were from males and 34 from females, from those 81% has a positive culture, while 19% was negative. Also, the current study appeared that females were more frequently effected than males, and the most common isolated bacteria was Pseudomonas aeruginosa, while the less isolated one was the Enterococcus. Using 10 tested antibiotics, the best acting antibiotic was the Amikacin, while the less effective antibiotic was the Ampicillin.

The article was added to IASJ on 2020-02-29

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