Detection The Uropathogens That Cause Urinary Tract Infections In Women And Their Antibiotic Sensitivity In Kerbala Governorate

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are serious serious 21st-century worldwide health issue that annually affects millions of men and women of all ages. The risk of a UTI is 30 times higher in women than in males. At some point in their life, up to 60% of women will experience a UTI. A UTI is defined as the presence of microbial pathogens in the urinary tract and affects various regions of the urinary tract. The purpose of the current investigation was to identify the agents responsible for women's UTIs and the degree of antibiotic sensitivity.Sixty urine samples were collected from women with UTIs from Al-Haydaria and Al-Khairat Center Hospitals. The urine samples were transported to the College of Applied Medical Sciences-department of Environmental Health-Microbiology laboratory and aerobically cultivated on the bacterial media Nutrient agar,  MacConkey agar, Mannitol salt agar, and Blood agar media, then, after detecting the bacterial causative agents of UTIs in women. Antibiotic sensitivity testing was performed for the bacterial isolates according to Kirby-Bauer’s disc diffusion method.  In The Results, from sixty urine samples, Gram’s Negative bacteria represented by Escherichia coli were 38 (63.33%) with the significant importance, then, Gram’s positive bacteria represented by Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus saprophyticus were 8 (13.33%) and Mixed (G-ve and G+ve) bacteria were 14 (23.33%) in both Al-Haydaria and Al-Khairat Center Hospitals. in the present study the most 39/60 (65%) of affected women with UTIs were between (17–30) years old. As well as, Most Gram’s negative bacteria were sensitive to Ciprofloxacin, Amoxicillin, and Amikacin, and were resistant to Azthromycin, and Ceftazidim, on the other hand, Gram’s positive  bacteria had intermediate resistance reactions to Ciprofloxacin, and Amikacin, as well as, Gram’s positive bacteria were resistant to Azthromycin, Gentamycin, Ceftazidim, and Amoxicillin Antibiotic sensitivity tests revealed that the most effective antibiotics against Gram’s negative bacteria were Ciprofloxacin, Amoxicillin, and Amikacin, moreover, Gram’s positive bacteria had intermediate resistance against Ciprofloxacin, and Amikacin so, these antibiotics can be considered as drugs of choice for treatment of women with the clinical signs of UTIs who attended both Al-Haydaria and Al-Khairat Center Hospitals.