Bacterial Infection of the Urinary Tract and Glucose Level in Patients Presented with Urinary Tract Infection in General Hospital Minna

摘要

s This study evaluated the incidence of Urinary tract infection (UTI) and Glycosuria in patients attending General Hospital Minna, Niger State Nigeria. Two hundred (200) midstream urine samples and 2ml of blood were obtained from all the patients. Fasting blood sugar level between 150mg/dl to 450mg/dl (8.3mmol/l to 25mmol/l). 73(36.5%) males and 127(63.5%) females were examined out of which 45(22.5%) had diabetes and 155(77.5%) had no diabetics. All the samples were cultured unto freshly prepared Eosine methylene blue (EMB), MacConkey (Difco) and blood agar plates and incubated for 24hours at 37°C. Gram staining and some biochemical tests, antimicrobial sensitivity tests were carried out on isolates using agar diffusion methods. Escherichia coli 21(27.3%) were the most predominant isolate causing UTI, as well as in females 9(27.9%), this is followed by Staphylococcus aureus 19(24.6%)and Pseudomonas specie was the least with a prevalence of 1(1.3%). Klebsiella species, Pseudomonas species and Streptococcus species were recovered from both male and female patients.