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Title |
Antibiotic resistance of E. coli isolates from urine samples of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) patients in Pakistan |
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Authors |
Saghir Ahmad Jafri1, Muhammad Qasim2*, Muhammad S Masoud2, Mahmood-ur-Rahman2, Mateen Izhar3 & Saqib Kazmi4 |
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Affiliation |
1Fatima Memorial College of Medicines and Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan; 2Department of Bioinformatics & Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad; 3Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, The university of Lahore, Pakistan;
4FPGMI, Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
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qasemawan@gmail.com; *Corresponding author
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Article Type |
Hypothesis
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Date |
Received June 14, 2014; Revised June 25, 2014; Accepted June 26, 2014; Published July 22, 2014
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Abstract |
Drug resistance is becoming alarming with the passage of time worldwide in general and in third world countries in particular. Human urine specimens of patients of urinary tract infection at Sheikh Zayed hospital, Lahore, Pakistan were analyzed for drug resistance in Escherichia coli. A total of 69 Escherichia coli isolates from human urine specimens were obtained and screened for their antibiograms. A total of seven antibiotic resistance profiles were obtained with over 65% of the isolates showing multi-drug resistance. Very high resistance levels were detected against augmentin and gentamicin (87.5 &77.5 % respectively) while imipenem and tazocin recorded the least resistance levels (32.5% and 12.5% respectively) among the isolates.
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Keywords |
E.coli, Isolate, susceptibility, Antibiotic resistance, Urinart Tract infection
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Citation |
Jafri et al.
Bioinformation 10(7): 419-422 (2014) |
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Edited by |
P Kangueane
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ISSN |
0973-2063
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License |
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. |