DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2017.v05i10.009

Pages: 3851-3854

Escherichia Coli is one of the most frequent organisms isolated in microbiology lab. It is responsible for causing urinary tract infection, gastrointestinal infections, pneumonia, cellulitis, diabetic foot and etc. Fluroquinolones are one of the commonly prescribed antibiotics for treatment of Urinary tract infection. Inappropriate and misuse of antibiotic possess a greater threat to society with its emerging resistance. In this study a total of 80 E.Coli isolates were isolated from various clinical samples from patients and subjected for antibiotic susceptibility testing. Among 80 isolates, 47 were resistant to ciprofloxacin. Ciprofloxacin resistant isolates were highly susceptible to nitrofurantoin, followed by carbapenems, amikacin, cephalosporins, gentamicin.