Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Staphylococcus Aureus and Escherichia Coli Isolated from Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Patients Attending Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria

Abstract

The widespread use of antibiotics both inside and outside of medicine is playing a significant role in the emergence of resistant bacteria. The study was aimed to determine the antibiotic sensitivity patterns of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli isolated from Urinary Tract Infected (UTI) patients. Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of the bacterial isolates were determined using modified Kirby Bauer method. The susceptibility of antibiotic against S. aureus showed that most of the isolates were resistant to more than 3 antibiotics. Most of the isolates were sensitive to gentamicin, ofloxacin, Septrin and Augmentin. However, the isolates were more resistant to streptomycin, Nalidixic acid and levofloxacin. The susceptibility pattern of S. aureus against the antibiotics showed that 14 out of the 20 isolates were multi drug resistant. For E. coli, result showed that most of the isolates were resistant to more than 3 antibiotics. Most of the isolates were sensitive to Levofloxacin, ofloxacin, Streptomycin and gentamicin. However, the isolates were more resistant to Ceporex, Augmentin and ampicillin and 14 out of the 20 isolates were multi drug resistant. It is concluded that the bacteria isolated from UTI patients are mostly resistance to some classes of antibiotics. Keywords: Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and antibiotics