The prevalence and susceptibility patterns of uropathogens in a private teaching hospital: A six years retrospective study at GAMBY teaching hospital, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Urinary tract infections are mostly caused by Gram-negative bacteria predominantly in females and Escherichia coli is the most common isolated bacteria. Nitrofurantoin, Norfloxacin, cefoxitin, and clindamycin are considered appropriate antimicrobials for the empirical treatment of urinary tract infections. The majority of uropathogens were resistant to antibiotics commonly used in clinical practice. The resistance pattern to all of the microorganisms incriminated showed there was a progressive increment of resistance to the common antibiotics over the study period. Empirical treatment of UTIs should be guided on the newer culture and sensitivity pattern and more importantly, prescriptions should be revised following the culture and sensitivity results.