Identificación de agentes bacterianos y su susceptibilidad a antimicrobianos en uro cultivo de personas con infección de vías urinarias residentes en Sunicorral. Tambo 2015

Abstract

In 2013, urinary tract infections (UTI) were among the leading causes of morbidity in the United States. Escherichia coli was the pathogen that caused more than 90% of these infections. Other types such as, Klebsiella, Proteus and Staphylococcus caused infections on a lower percentage (1). This study was conducted in the community of Sunicorral located in the canton of El Tambo within the province of Cañar (2). The following research, identified bacterial agents and their antimicrobial susceptibility in Urine Culture and Antibiograms tests carried out on residents from Sunicorral with UTI. The study carried out herein is descriptive and cross-sectional. Meaning that 449 Sunicorral residents – of all age groups, both men and women – with UTI took part in it according to the Elementary and Microscopic urine examination results. Participants signed a consent and / or informed assent, they filled up a survey and collected a urine sample. Such samples were transported and processed in the faculty's laboratory The growth medium used were Blood Agar Base, CLED Agar and MacConkey Agar. Moreover, biochemical tests such as Urea, TSI, MIO, LIO, Citrate and the antibiotics needed depending the isolated bacteria and the bibliography and the data of the magazine Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) 2014. The obtained results were processed in the SPSS V23 programs and Microsoft Excel for descriptive statistics. Besides providing individuals with data on their current health status, the results also provided epidemiological data regarding urinary tract infections in Sunicorral.