Investigating the pattern of drug resistance among bacteria isolated from women suffering from urinary tract infections in Savojbolagh

Subject Areas : microbiology

Saman Afshar ¹ , Mohammadreza Dehghani ² , Dorna Rafighi ³ , Farnaz Yousefi ⁴ , Javid Taghinejad ⁵

1 - Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Natural Science, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Department of Microbiology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran
3 - Department of Microbiology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran,Iran
4 - Department of Microbiology, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran
5 - Department of Microbiology, Islamic Azad University, Malekan Branch

Received: 2023-02-27 Accepted : 2023-04-24 Published : 2022-11-22

Keywords: Women, Urinary Tract Infection, Escherichia coli, Drug resistance, group B streptococci, Savojbolagh,

Abstract :

Background: Urinary tract infections are one of the medical and health problems. This type of infection is more common in women than in men due to the anatomy of the urinary tract and lack of hygiene. The aim of the present study is to investigate the drug resistance of urinary pathogens in women with urinary tract infection in Savojbolagh city.Methods: The current study is descriptive-cross-sectional, which was collected by examining 5100 urine samples from women suffering from and suspected of urinary tract infection, and after culturing in general-pourpose media and selective media and biochemical tests, the type of pathogenic microorganism was determined; then, the level of resistance in the strains was reported with antibiogram. Microsoft Excel 2022 software was used to draw graphs.Results: Out of a total of 5100 urine samples, 302 samples were considered positive, and the most infectious pathogens were Escherichia coli (%60.93) and group B streptococcus (%16.56). The age group of 31-40 years (%17.55) was recognized as the high-risk group, and the highest frequency of drug resistance in Escherichia coli to cefazolin (%60.87) and in group B streptococci to tetracycline (%88) was observed.Conclusions: The amount of drug resistance of microorganisms is increasing day by day, and this issue is a threat to all humans and animals. In this study, the highest rate of drug resistance to cefazolin and tetracycline was observed in two pathogens, which are main causes of urinary tract infection.