PREVALENCE AND ANTIMICROBIAL SENSITIVITIES OF UROPATHOGENIC BACTERIA IN A GROUP OF PATIENTS IN KIRKUK CITY

Abstract

A total of (405) urine samples were collected from patients with suspected urinarytract infections in the ages between (1-12) years old and from both sexes attending as theout patients of the main Kirkuk city hospital during the period from January toSeptember 2012. Collected urine samples were subjected to different diagnostic tests forthe isolation and identification of the infecting bacteria. Results indicated a seasonalvariation in the frequency of urinary tract infections incidence among the patientsduring the research period where the higher frequency of urinary tract infections wasrecorded during the hotter seasons from June to September. In addition, it was foundthat, E.coli was the most infecting microorganism showing the percentage of (44.44%)followed by Klebsiella oxytoca that recorded the percentage of (25.92%) and Proteusmirabilis that spotted the third incidence percentage as (23.7%) and Staphylococcusaureus that recorded the incidence as (5.9%) from the cultures of the urine samples.Moreover, and according to the age group; infant patients recorded an incidence ofurinary tract infections as (57.53%) and children patients recorded an incidence as(31.85%),while, adult patients recorded an incidence as (10.62%). Besides, it was foundthat, urinary tract infections was more prevalent in female patients in a percentage of(56.54%) than male patients whom recorded the percentage of (43.46%) at different agegroups. Furthermore, the results of antibiotic sensitivity test for the urinary tractinfections bacterial isolates showed resistance and sensitivity to different types ofantibiotics.