The Bacterial Pathogens of Patients with Urinary Tract Infections and Antibiotics Susceptibility in Taiz Governorate–Yemen

Abstract

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most prevalent bacterial infections that can affect any individual at any age. UTIs have become difficult to treat because the appearance of bacterial pathogens resistance to antibiotics. So, the current study aimed to detect the types of bacterial pathogens that caused UTIs and antibiotic sensitivity patterns of the bacterial strains in Taiz Governorate-Yemen. This cohort study included One hundred and ten (110) patients with clinical symptoms of UTIs. A clean-catch midstream urine from all patients were cultured for isolation and identification of bacterial agents that caused UTIs. Out of 110: 64 (58.2%) of urine samples showed a positive growth culture:{[37(33.6%)] were females and [27(24.6%)] were males} and 46 (41.8%) were non-growth. The most predominant bacteria were Escherichia coli (32.7%), followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae were (9.1%), Staphylococcus aureus were (6.4%), Proteus mirabilis were (5.5%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were (4.5%). The prevalence rate of UTIs is high among patients with age between 16-30 years [23(20.9%)]. Also, UTIs were more prevalent among the rural population [55(50%)] than the population residence in the city center [9(8.2%)] and the bacterial pathogens were more prevalent among illiterate patients [49 (44.6%)], compared to literate patients were [15(13.6%)]. Finally, our findings showed that the susceptibility test of the bacterial pathogens to an appropriate antibiotics: All bacterial pathogens were more sensitive to Ciprofloxacin, while, all bacterial pathogens showed a very high rate of resistance against Amoxicillin, Ampicillin and Penicillin G.