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ANTIMICROBIAL SENSITIVITY PATTERNS AS A GUIDE TO THE DOMICILIARY TREATMENT OF URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
Author(s) -
Harvey K. J.,
Smith D. D.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1972.tb46737.x
Subject(s) - nitrofurantoin , proteus mirabilis , nalidixic acid , urinary system , antimicrobial , ampicillin , proteus , medicine , klebsiella , microbiology and biotechnology , tetracycline , antibiotic sensitivity , antibiotics , escherichia coli , biology , staphylococcus aureus , antibiotic resistance , bacteria , biochemistry , genetics , gene
A study of urinary tract infection in 1,458 domiciliary patients revealed that Escherichia coll was Isolated from 64% of 143 Infections. Staphylococcus albus and Proteus mirabilis together accounted for 24% of Infections, while Klebsiella aerogenes and other species comprised the remaining 12%. On the basis of in‐vitro sensitivity testing, there was little to choose between ampicillin, nalidixic acid, nitrofurantoin, tetracycline and sulphonamides as urinary antimicrobials. Since sulphonamides are among the least toxic drugs and are comparatively inexpensive, it appears that they are still the drug of first choice for the treatment of urinary tract infections in domiciliary practice.