Abstract
Urinary tract infection is an infection anywhere in the urinary tract. 300 samples of urine were collected from male and female patients of different age groups with symptoms of Urinary Tract Infection attending Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria, Nigeria. The samples were screened for bacteriuria using bacteriological methods. Five types of uropathogens were identified namely Escherichia coli (E.coli), Proteus Species, Pseudomonas species, Klebsiella and Staphylococcus aureus. Urine samples of 181 females examined showed that 51 (28.2%) were infected and from 119 males, 31 (26.1%) were infected. E. coli had the highest occurence seen in 42 (51%) of 82 (27. 3%) infected cases. Out of this 42 samples with E.coli, 25 (59.5%) were from females. E. coli was highly sensitive to Nitrofurantion (97.6%), and highly resistant to cotrimoxazole(76.1%). This study shows that the commonest microorganism causing UTI in this community is E. coli and drug of choice is Nitrofurantoin. Keywords: Antimicrobial agents, bacteriuria, E.coli, Patients, Urinary Tract Infection
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