Antimicrobial Resistance among Escherichia Coli Causing UTIs in
Women
Hawraa Wahab Aziz, Israa Adnan Ibraheam, Hawraa Sabah almusawi, Zeana
ALHindi, Tsahel H. Al-Dulaimi
University of Babylon, College of science for women/Hilla-Iraq.
Abstract
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common bacterial infections, particularly in women. E. coli is one of
the most frequently isolated bacteria in (UTIs), , it also caused of childhood diarrhea, severe anemia,
,kidney failure, pneumonia, sinusitis and endocarditis. The current study tried to detecting
Antimicrobial Resistance Among Escherichia coli Causing UTIs in women. Of the total 48 isolates of
Escherichia coli, very high rates of resistance was seen with Ticarcillin 48 (100%), Piperacillin48 (100%),
Aztreonam 46 (95.8%), Cefepime and 44 (91.6%) Ceftazidime 44 (91.6%) . High rates of sensitive was
seen with Imipenem 48 (100%), Meropenem 48 (100%), Amikacin 46(95.8%) , Gentamicin 32 (66.6%) ,
Piperacillin\Tazobactam 32(66.6%), Tobramycin 28 (58.3%) and ciprofloxacin 26(54.1%) , while of
Minocycline 8 (16.6 %) has intermediate susceptibility to antibiotics study .According to the last results
the most effective antibiotics were Meropenem , Imipenem and Amikacin so they are considered the best
drugs used for treatment of UTIs which caused by Escherichia coli.
Keywords: Antibiotics, E. coli, Urinary Tract Infection, Vitek, Antimicrobial Susstebility.
Introduction
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is an infection
of one or more structures in the urinary
system( 1) .This disease affects people of all
age groups, being more common in
women.(2). Acute urinary tract infections are
common, occurring in 10% to 20% of
otherwise healthy women during their
lifetimes (3). UTI in males, though not rare,
occurs in much less frequency (4).
Antibiotic resistance