Coliforms Associated With Bacteriuria In Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Positive Patients Attending The Bamenda Provincialhospital

The prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of coliform associated with bacteriuria among HIV positive patients attending the Bamenda Provincial Hospital was studied. Out of the 240 urine specimens from HIV positive patients, coliforms were isolated in 49 (20.4%). HIV positive patients with CD4 counts between 1-50 cell/mm 3 had more coliforms with significant bacteriuria than those with higher counts from 151-200 (22.5% vs. 6.1%, p 0.5). Eleven different species of coliform organisms were isolated with Escherichia coli (30.6%) being the most frequently encountered. Resistance to Bacitracin (100%), Co-trimoxazole (85.7%) and Trimethoprim (77.5%) were the most common. Isolates were most sensitive to Ceftriazone (77.5%), Perfloxacin (73.5%) and Netilmicin (71.4%). Ceftriazone, Perfloxacin and Netilmicin are drug of choice in the treatment of urine infections caused by coliform organisms of HIV/AIDS patients.