Epidemiology of urinary tract infection in South India
1 Vivek Laboratory and Research Centre, Nagercoil.
2 Department of Microbiology .SRNY College, Tenkasi.
3 Centre for Biotechnology, St. Xaviers College, Palayamkottai.
4 Department of Biotechnology Prathyusha Engineering College, Chennai.
Research Article
World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2020, 01(01), 025-032.
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjbphs.2020.1.1.0003
Publication history:
Received on 17 October 2019; revised on 17 November 2019; accepted on 19 November 2019
Abstract:
Urinary tract infection is one of the infectious diseases affecting both genders. The presence of drug resistant microbes in urinary tract infected cases is a major problem to solve. With this background the epidemiology of urinary tract infection among the population of Kanya kumari District, South India was traced. For the present study medical practitioners suspected cases visiting for clinical evaluation in a major clinical laboratory were chosen as samples. In a period of 6 months observation a total of 1824 cases were subjected to various clinical analysis. Among them 1029 were females and 795 were males. A clinical examination of the suspected cases showed culture positive in the samples taken from males (37.23%) and females (37.99%). The age wise study of the culture positive cases indicate that the UTI infection occurs from infants (1 month) to elderly people (90 – 100 years). In the study area the percentage of UTI is common in women in the reproductive age and post-menopausal stage. The pregnant women and newly married women in the age group 21 – 30 are more prone to UTI. The present study also reports pediatric UTI in both genders. Life Style changes, poor personal hygiene, nutritive problem, catheter use, unclean baby napkins and immune deficiency were identified as the factors favoring UTI in the study area. An analysis of UTI positive culture showed the presence of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphyllococcus saprophyticus, Margonella margonii, Streptococcus sp, Staphyllococcus aureus, Enterococcus sp, Proteus vulgaris, Chromobacterium violaceum, Serratia spp and the fungi Candida sp.
Keywords:
UTI; Bacteria; Diabetes; Infection; Kanya kumari; Epidemiology ; Urinary tract infection
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