ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS

Resistance of antibiotichas become a global concernworldwide. Urinary Tract Infections have become a common clinical case specially in females.The aim of the study is to identify antibiotics showing highest resistance in Urinary Tract Infections and thereby create an awareness on the increasing resistance rate which points out for the discovery of new antibiotics.In this article we review various articles and check which antibiotic shows the highest resistance in Urinary Tract Infections (UTI). Ampicillin (53%) which belong to Aminoglycosides Groupwhose resistance is through Altering penicillin binding protein. The other members of Beta lactam drugs are Penicillin was found to have highest resistance in Urinary Tract Infections followed by Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole (46%), Amoxicillin clavulanicacid(40%) and Ciprofloxacin(40%). E. coliwas the common organism isolated followed by Klebsiella species. Studies show that there is an increasing rate of antibiotic resistance in UTI.Judicious use of antibiotics and following the correct prescription method can limit the cases of antibiotic resistance in the community.