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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2803</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2020.12153</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Antibiogram of Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) Isolated from Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)- with a Special Reference to Detection of Amp C __ampersandsignbeta;-lactamase Producing Gram-negative bacilli Causing UTI&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Jog</surname><given-names>Anjali Sunil Datta</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>8</day><month>08</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>5)</volume><issue/><fpage>48</fpage><lpage>54</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Urinary tract infection (UTI) remains one of the most common causes of morbidity in the general population. Wide variety of organisms are implicated in its aetiology, gram-negative bacilli (GNB)being most common. UTI is treated with a variety of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Resistance to antibiotics is increasing nowadays. Gram-negative bacilli confer resistance to __ampersandsignbeta;lactam antibiotics by producing enzymes like Extended-spectrum __ampersandsignbeta; __ampersandsignndash; lactamase and Amp C __ampersandsignbeta; __ampersandsignndash; lactamase. The present study was carried out with the aim and objectives to isolate and identify GNB causing UTI and to prepare antibiogram of these isolates. The study also includes to find out the prevalence of Amp C __ampersandsignbeta; __ampersandsignndash; lactamase producing GNB causing UTI. Materials and Methods: The urine samples obtained from patients having suspected urinary tract infection were processed to isolate and identify the causative organism. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was done by Kirby Bauer Disk Diffusion method for gram-negative urinary isolates in patients with significant bacteriuria. Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines were followed during the interpretation of results. GNB showing resistance to 3rd generation cephalosporins and resistance to cefoxitin were subjected to Amp C Disk Test to detect Amp C __ampersandsignbeta; __ampersandsignndash; lactamase producing GNB. Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) for ceftazidime was tested for these isolates. Results: Total of 288 samples from patients with suspected UTI were processed.214 samples were culture positive. Out of which 167 samples showed significant bacteriuria (78.03%). Gram-negative bacilli isolated were 74.85%. All GNB showed reduced susceptibility to 3rd generation cephalosporins. They were susceptible to amikacin, nitrofurantoin, imipenem, meropenem. Pseudomonas isolates showed resistance to imipenem and meropenem. Prevalence of Amp C __ampersandsignbeta; __ampersandsignndash; lactamase producing GNB was 21.6%. Conclusion: Gram-negative bacilli producing UTI were 74.85%. These isolates showed resistance to 3rd generation cephalosporins. They were susceptible to amikacin, nitrofurantoin, imipenem, meropenem. Pseudomonas isolates were resistant to imipenem and meropenem. Prevalence of Amp C __ampersandsignbeta; __ampersandsignndash; lactamase producing GNB was 21.6%.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Urinary tract infection (UTI)</kwd><kwd> Gram-negative bacilli (GNB)</kwd><kwd> Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing (AST)</kwd><kwd> Drug resistance</kwd><kwd> Amp C ?-lactamase</kwd><kwd> Amp C Disk Test</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
