Prevalence of UTI Microbial aetiology antibiotic sensitivity pattern

The research was to determine the prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection as a cause of lower abdominal pains among antenatal women its aetiological microorganism and define the sensitivity pattern to antibiotics.This was a cross sectional study with a sample size of one hundred and fifty antenatal women at Kenyattta National Hospital Nairobi Kenya. The prevalence of urinary tract infection was found to 26.7%. The predominant bacterial pathogens were Esherichia coli at 40% folowed by Staphylococcus spp. at 25% and Klebsiellla spp. at 10%. The gram positive isolated were 100% sensitive to Amoclauvulin cefuroxime cefuroxime cetriaxone meropenem and imipenem but showed significant resistance to levofloxacin gentamycin nitrofurantoin and ampicilin.