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| Year : 1977 | Volume
: 23
| Issue : 1 | Page : 10-18 |
Bacteriology of urinary tract infection in patients of renal failure undergoing dialysis
Surangi K Jadav1, Suman M Sant2, Vidya N Acharya1
1 Department of Medicine, Seth G. S. Medical College and K. E. M. Hospital, Parel, Bombay-400012, India
2 Department of Pathology, Seth G. S. Medical College and K. E. M. Hospital, Parel, Bombay-400012, India
Correspondence Address:
Surangi K Jadav
Department of Medicine, Seth G. S. Medical College and K. E. M. Hospital, Parel, Bombay-400012
India
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PMID: 615253 
In a study of 114 patients who underwent 808 dialyses for renal failure, a high incidence of urinary tract infection (U.T.I.) was observed both in acute renal failure (A.R.F.) group (73.0%) and chronic renal failure (C.R.F.) group (57.5;;) . Although E. coli was the predominating urinary pathogen, the present study revealed that other gram negative micro-organisms besides E. coli were also frequently isolated from the U.T.I. of both A.R.F. and C.R.F. cases. On the whole, both gram negative and gram positive microorganisms exhibited high degree of resistance to antimicrobial agents. Antibiotics like Gentamycin Sulphate (98%), Polymyxin B (88%) and Colimycin Sulphate (86%) exhibited better range of total activity as compared to others.
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