Abstract

A REVIEW ON PRESCRIPTION AND SENSITIVITY PATTERN OF ANTIBIOTICS USED IN URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS

* Safeerathul Husna P. V.

ABSTRACT

Drug utilization review play an important role in helping the health care team to improve the prescribing, administration and use of medication. The aim of drug utilization review is to make sure that, drugs are used appropriately, safely and effectively to improve the patient health status. Urinary tract infection is most common infection and the prevalence is high in females. For treating urinary tract infection empirically, the sensitivity pattern of antimicrobials should be assessed. With this information, the study was conducted to assess the empirical prescription pattern and sensitivity pattern of antimicrobials. A prospective observational study was conducted in a tertiary care teaching hospital. From the total patients in medicine ward, 164 patients were selected who met the inclusion criteria. Cephalosporins, Ntrofurantoin were the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in this study. E.coli was the major cause of urinary tract infection in our hospital. Antimicrobial resistance for prescribed antibiotics for empirical treatment increases in our study. These present findings and previous reports reveals the importance of a new antibiogram to help the physician for the treatment of UTI.

Keywords: Urinary tract infection, sensitivity, antibiotics.