Bacteriological Profile of Urinary Tract Infection in Female Patient Attending Tertiary Care Hospital, Indore, India

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common and painful human illness that, fortunately, is rapidly responsive to modern antibiotic therapy. In the preantibiotic era, UTI caused significant morbidity. Hippocrates, writing about a disease that appears to have been acute cystitis, said that the illness could last for a year before either resolving or worsening to involve the kidneys. The clinical manifestations of UTI depend on the portion of the urinary tract involved, the etiologic organisms, the severity of the infection, and the patient s ability to mount an immune response to it [Tomas L et all]. Women are at greater risk for UTI than men, partly because of the relatively short straight urethra, retrograde ascent of bacteria from the perineum, changes in normal vaginal flora Genetic factors, including expression of HLA-A3 and Lewis blood group Le(a-b-) or Le[a+b] ,Sexually active women are at greater risk for UTI than women who do not engage in sexual intercourse. Simple hygiene habits, including voiding before and after sexual intercourse and wiping from anterior to posterior, are often advocated to decrease the risk of UTI.