Evaluation of Antibiotic Prescribing Practices and Antimicrobial Sensitivity Patterns in Urinary Tract Related Infectious Diseases in Pediatric Patients.

ABSTRACT: Complications of urinary tract infections (UTIs) like kidney failure and septicaemia develop once infections spread from the upper urinary tract to other parts of the body by haematogenous dissemination and they pose great health and economic burden to the countries. This retrospective study was conducted among 132 patients with bacterial UTIs in the inpatient department of tertiary care hospital in Abha, Saudi Arabia. During the study period, Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Klebsiella pneumonia (K. pneumonia) along with other 15 different bacteria were isolated. A significant difference (P < 0.05) was observed between the male and female children population in different age groups. We observed fever (84.09%) as a major symptom (P < 0.05), and seizu

SUBMITTER: Alavudeen SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8734635 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature