Bacterial urinary tract infection among adult renal transplant recipients at St. Paul's hospital millennium medical college, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite significant advances in surgical techniques, immunosuppression protocols, follow up periods and antimicrobial stewardship in modern medicine; post-renal transplantation urinary tract infection remained a major public health problem globally. This multiple serious squeals includes asymptomatic bacteriuria, cystitis and pyelonephritis. Among these, the bacterial origin of infection complications accounts for the most significant clinical, socio-economic impacts in many countries of the world. Therefore, the aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of bacterial isolates that cause urinary tract infections, assess antibiotic susceptibility pattern among symptomatic and asymptomatic renal transplant recipients attending at St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medi

SUBMITTER: Kiros T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6668100 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature