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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">654</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>CORRELATION BETWEEN BIOFILM FORMATION AND HIGHLY DRUG RESISTANT UROPATHOGENS (HDRU)&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Deotale</surname><given-names>V. S.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Attal</surname><given-names>Ruchita</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Joshi</surname><given-names>S.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Bankar</surname><given-names>N.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume/><issue/><fpage>61</fpage><lpage>65</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>Background: The biofilms have a major medical significance as they decrease the susceptibility to the antimicrobial agents.&#13;
Furthermore, the proximity of cells within a biofilm can facilitate a plasmid exchange and hence enhance the spread of antimicrobial&#13;
resistance.&#13;
Objectives: The present study intends to detect biofilm formation and High Drug Resistance amongst the uropathogens and&#13;
to correlate between biofilm formation and HDRU.&#13;
Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out over a period of two months, including 37 catheterized urinary isolate with&#13;
symptoms of UTI. Following their identification, these isolates were checked for biofilm formation by three different phenotypic&#13;
methods which includes tube adherence, Congo red agar method __ampersandsignamp; tissue culture plate method. Antibiotic Susceptibility Test&#13;
was done by Kirby __ampersandsignndash; Bauer Disk Diffusion method as per CLSI guidelines.&#13;
Results: Out of total 37 uropathogens isolated from catheterized urine samples, 30 (81.1%) were positive in vitro for biofilm&#13;
production __ampersandsignamp; 22 (59.5%) isolates were HDRU. Maximum biofilm production was shown by E.coli (50%) , followed by Klebsiella&#13;
pneumoniae (33.3%).&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Tissue Culture Plate Method (TCP)</kwd><kwd> Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI)</kwd><kwd> Congo red agar method</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
