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Abstract
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most prevalent infections across the world. The proper treatment of UTIs depend greatly on correct identification of the causing organisms as well as their antibiotic susceptibility pattern. The accurate diagnosis will then in turn help physicians in prescribing appropriate drugs. In this context, the present study was designed to determine prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility of uropathogens among the patients grouped on the basis of their gender and age. This is a retrospective study taking into account 130 urine cultures performed at a private hospital in Delhi out of which 97 samples were found positive with prominent bacterial growths. The culture tests showed 6 morphologically and biochemically distinct bacterial isolates out of which Escherichia coli (61 isolates) was the most frequently occurring bacteria followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae (17 isolates), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (7 isolates) and Proteus mirabilis (6 isolates) corresponding to 54, 13, 5 and 5%, respectively. It was observed that occurrence of uropathogens was greater in females and adult patients when compared to males and children, respectively.