Etiologic agents of urinary tract infections in older adults from a health center of Carabobo state, Venezuela

  • Enza Capozzi School of Bioanalysis, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Carabobo
  • Davide Mobili Rocaro School of Bioanalysis, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Carabobo
  • Ana G. Kornett School of Bioanalysis, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Carabobo
  • María V. Perdomo School of Bioanalysis, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Carabobo
Keywords: Urinary infections, urine culture, older adults

Abstract

Urinary tract infections (UTI) are a common problem in medical practice, the etiology and susceptibility that produce the UTI may vary over time. It was conducted a study of no-experimental descriptive in order to detect the causative organisms of urinary tract infections and antimicrobial susceptibility in older adults residing in a health center of Carabobo state. They were evaluated 57 urine samples for bacteriological culture and the recovered microorganisms underwent susceptibility testing by disk diffusion method in agar (Kirby-Bauer). The most frequently isolated microorganisms in the ITU were Escherichia coli (53.84% and Klebsiella pneumoniae (15.40%), among others. In The antimicrobial susceptibility testing, the antibiotics that showed better antimicrobial activity were nitrofurantoin and amikacin (84.62%) each one, followed by gentamicin (76.92%) for all the Gramnegative bacilli recovered. The greater resistance was observed in ampicillin (61.54%), followed by trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (53.85%) and ciprofloxacin (46.15%), in enteric Gram-negative bacilli. In the present study was found a greater presence of Escherichia coli in the UTI as well as better antimicrobial activity of nitrofurantoin, amikacin and gentamicin against all the bacteria recovered.

Author Biography

Enza Capozzi, School of Bioanalysis, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Carabobo
Lider del proyecto Biblioteca Digital de la Universidad del Zulia - Venezuela
Published
2016-08-25
How to Cite
1.
Capozzi E, Mobili Rocaro D, Kornett AG, Perdomo MV. Etiologic agents of urinary tract infections in older adults from a health center of Carabobo state, Venezuela. Kasmera [Internet]. 2016Aug.25 [cited 2024Nov.24];44(1):35-3. Available from: https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/kasmera/article/view/21299
Issue
Vol. 44 No. 1 (2016)
Section
Original Articles

Copyright (c) 2016 Enza Capozzi, Davide Mobili Rocaro, Ana G. Kornett, María V. Perdomo

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