Urinary tract infection: empirical treatment and bacterial resistance in the emergency service of Hospital General Puyo
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https://doi.org/10.31243/mdc.uta.v7i2.1978.2023Keywords:
Escherichia coli, urinary tract infection, pyelonephritis, cystitis, prostatitis, urethritisAbstract
Urinary tract infections are caused by a variety of uropathogenic bacteria, and this pathology is one of the frequent reasons for emergency consultation. A study with a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional, observational, non-experimental approach was carried out in the Emergency Service of the Puyo General Hospital during the period from January to December 2021, with the objective of determining the most used empirical drug, agent prevalent bacteria and their resistance. This through the collection of information from medical records, the Varanus system and laboratory results with a total of 858 patients, excluding a total of 320. A higher prevalence of UTI was identified in the female sex, with a percentage of 98%, the antibiotic prescribed with most frequent is ciprofloxacin in 40.2%. E.coli is the most frequent pathogen with a drug resistance to ampicillin/sulbactam of 56.6%.
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