Anandkumar, HKapur, InduDayanand, A2003-06-262009-06-012003-06-262009-06-012003-06-26Anandkumar H, Kapur I, Dayanand A. Increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance and multi drug resistance among uropathogens. Journal of Communicable Diseases. 2003 Jun; 35(2): 102-8http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/112145A study was conducted to examine the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in the strains of bacteria isolated from patients with suspected urinary tract infection. A total of 348 bacterial isolates were grown from semi quantitative urine culture and were of significant bacteriuria. The antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed on Muller-Hinton agar by disc diffusion method according to the standard criteria of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards, Antibiotic susceptibility testing revealed a high prevalence of resistance to ampicillin (55.4%) followed by nitrofurantoin (45.4%), gentamicin (45.1%), amikacin (41.4%) and co-trimoxazole (30.5%). E. coli and Klebsiella pneumonia showed 78.8 % and 75.3 % resistance to three or more drugs respectively. Cefotaxime (87.1%) appeared to be the most active antibiotic against the majority of isolates, followed by Norfloxacin (83.3%).engAdolescentAdultAmikacin --pharmacologyAmpicillin --pharmacologyAnti-Bacterial Agents --pharmacologyChildChild, PreschoolDrug Resistance, MultipleEscherichia coli --drug effectsFemaleGentamicins --pharmacologyHumansIndia --epidemiologyKlebsiella pneumoniae --drug effectsMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMiddle AgedNitrofurantoin --pharmacologyPrevalenceTrimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Combination --pharmacologyUrinary Tract Infections --drug therapyJournal Article