Open AccessNosocomial and community acquired urinary tract infections at a teaching hospital in north central Nigeria: Findings from a study of 12,458 samples
Author(s) -
Gta Jombo,
DZ Egah,
EB Banwat,
J A Ayeni
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v15i3.37219
Subject(s) - cefuroxime , ciprofloxacin , medicine , incidence (geometry) , antibiotics , coagulase , proteus , urine , ceftazidime , urinary system , staphylococcus , klebsiella , pseudomonas aeruginosa , ofloxacin , urination , staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , escherichia coli , bacteria , biochemistry , physics , genetics , optics , gene
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is still a problem not infrequently encountered in the course of clinical practice. This study was designed to ascertain its prevalence among both the in and out-patients and the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the isolates.