title: Antibiotic Resistance Pattern of Uropathogens: An Experience from North Indian Cancer Patient.
abstract: Empirical treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs) can be made evidence based if it is governed by the resistance pattern of common uropathogens. A retrospective study was carried out at a tertiary care cancer institute to identify the common uropathogens and to know their resistance profile. 20.82% of the outpatients' urine samples (community-acquired urinary tract infection (CA-UTI)) and 24.83% of the indoor patients' urine samples (hospital-acquired urinary tract infection (HA-UTI)) grew uropathogens. Escherichia coli was the predominant pathogen both in CA-UTI (68%) and HA-UTI (45%) followed by Klebsiella spp and Enterococcus spp. High level of resistance to fluoroquinolones and third generation cephalosporins was noted. Nitrofurantoin was found to be a reliable oral drug for treatment of most of the uropathogens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Delhi State Cancer Institute, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Nishat Hussain
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Delhi State Cancer Institute, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Kausalya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Raghuraman
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Delhi State Cancer Institute, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Frincy Khandelwal
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Baruah
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Oncology, Delhi State Cancer Institute, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Rajesh K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Grover
keywords: Antibiotic resistance; Community acquired; Hospital acquired; Urinary tract infection; Uropathogens