DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i12.064

Pages: 4524-4530

A pressing issue that is causing significant concern within medical communities in developing nations is the emergence of multi-drug resistant organisms, presenting formidable challenges in treating infections. Of particular concern are the situation surrounding urinary tract infections (UTIs) in Bangladesh, where physicians are encountering difficulties in treating hospitalized patients due to the ineffectiveness of conventional antibiotic usage, failure of empirical treatments, and the emergence of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli strains. Objectives: The main goal of the study was to evaluate the sensitivity pattern and Prevalence of community-acquired multidrug-resistant urinary tract infections in hospitalized patients in a tertiary care hospital.