This study was conducted to find out the causative agents of urinary tract infections (UTI), their prevalence and antibiotics sensitivity on the isolated organisms from male and female students residing in the Campus hostels of University of Nigeria Enugu Campus, in Enugu State. A total of 200 individuals, 100 males and 100 females were studied for UTI. Information obtained by questionnaire shows that 110 had symptoms like painful pelvis, polyuria, vomiting, nausea and fever. 90 had no such symptoms. All individuals were subjected to urine culture using aseptic methods in sampling and cultured using appropriate culture media e.g. Blood agar and MacConkey agar plates, incubated at 37oc for 24hours and isolates were noted. 48 individuals with symptoms of UTI yielded isolates while 2 yielded no isolates and 50 individuals without symptoms yielded no isolates among males while out of 60 with symptoms in females, 3 yielded no isolates and 57 individuals yielded isolates and 40 without symptoms yielded no isolates. Thus, a total of 105 isolates were obtained from both male and female students studied. Statistical analysis was carried out on the results obtained using the chi-square method which shows that 105 (52.5%) isolates obtained from both male and female students with symptoms were statistically significant (P< 0.05). Also, statistical analysis based on the prevalence of UTI in male and female students studied shown that result is not significant (P>0.05), this means that the prevalence is not sex related. The study spanned through June to August 2010, at the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus, in Enugu state. The most prevalent organisms were E. coli 41(39.05%), Staphylococcus aureus 22(20.95%), Proteus mirabilis 21(20%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa 9(8.57%), Coagulase negative staph.8 (7.62%) and Streptococcus fecalis 4 (3.82%). In- vitro antibiotic sensitivity/resistance test revealed that the gram negative bacteria were sensitive to Ofloxacin, Ciprofloxacin, Pefloxacin and Nalidixic acid and resistant to Augmentin and Ampicillin, while the gram positive isolates were sensitive to Erythromycin, Levofloxacin, Ciprofloxacin Streptomycin and Rifampicin and resistant to Amoxacillin, Chloraphenicol and Ampiclo.
Urinary tract infection (UTI) affects any part of the urinary tract. (Colgan, R., et.al., 2002) The main etiologic agent is Escherichia Coli (Johnson, J. R., 2004). Although urine contains a variety of salts and waste products, it should not habour bacteria. When bacteria gets into the bladder or kidney and multiply in the urine, they may cause UTI. (Gould, C.v., e.tal., 2010). The most common type of UTI is acute cystitis often referred to as a bladder infection. An infection of the upper urinary tract or kidney is known as pyelonephritis, and is potentially more serious (Justices, et.al., 2006). Urinary tract infections UTI are serious health problems affecting millions of people each year. UTI is the second most common type of infection in the body, accounting for about 8.3 million visits to the hospitals each year. (Mars, P.S., 2002).
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