Prevalence And Antimicrobial Susceptibility Of Gram Negative Bacteria In The Urine

OF CARITAS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ABSTRACT In
order to access the prevalence and sensitivity pattern of urinary
pathogens, 60 midstream urine samples from students of Caritas
University were investigated using cultural methods. Samples were
examined microscopically and cultured in blood agar and Macckonkey agar.
Disk diffusion method was used for antibiotic testing. Of the 60 urine
samples 48 yielded significant growth with a prevalence rate of 80%. It
was observed that females were more infected than the males with a
prevalence rate of 56.70% and 43.30% respectively under th…