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    Identificación del agente etiológico y sensibilidad a antimicrobianos en muestras de orina de los habitantes con infección urinaria de la comunidad de Chuichún-Tambo -Cañar agosto - enero 2015-2016.
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2016-11-11) Chalco Santander, Ana Karina; Rodríguez Tillaguango, Edwin Jhimmy; Cárdenas Carrera, Jenny Carola
    BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infections (UTI) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the country. Enterobacteria are the main uropathogens than via ascending colonize the urinary tract. (1) OBJECTIVE: With the development of this research it was to identify the etiologic agent and sensitivity in urine samples of people with urinary infection Chuichún community - Tambo - Cañar. August-January 2015-2016. METHODOLOGY: A descriptive cross-sectional study comprised 1037 inhabitants, whose representative sample was 281 people. Urine culture and sensitivity testing prior ITU detection was performed by elemental and microscopic examination of urine. Participants with their signature / fingerprint on informed consent agreed to collaborate on the project, completed a survey with demographics and study variables, then gave a urine sample for examination. To process and tabulate the information obtained, the programs SPSS v22 and Microsoft Excel 2010 for descriptive and graphical statistics were used RESULTS: Of 281 inhabitants 16.0% of the population had urinary infection according to the EMO, of which 66.7 % were positive urine culture. ITU patients with 64.4 % are women aged 15-64. Escherichia coli was the most common organism (63.3 %), followed by Proteus spp (16.7 %), Enterococcus (10.0%), Klebsiella spp (6.7%) and Staphylococcus aureus (3, 3%). CONCLUSION: ITU primarily affect women, interacting with recurrent infections sexual activity and poor hygiene practice.