Volume : 5, Issue : 11, November - 2016

ISOLATION AND SUSCEPTIBILITY OF Acinetobacter baumanii FROM ACQUIRED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN PERAMBALUR Dt. TAMILNADU

Rathimeena. R. , Balasubramaniyan. K, Diwakar. V

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common hospital acquired infection, accounting for 40% of all hospital acquired infections. In this present study isolation and susceptibility of Acinetobacter baumanii from acquired urinary tract infections in Perambalur Dt. Tamilnadu. The UTI urine samples were collected from various hospitals and collected samples were inoculated on MacConkey agar and blood agar for isolation of UTI bacterial pathogens. An isolated Acinetobacter baumanii bacterium was identified based on morphological and biochemical characteristic. The antibiotic sensitivity of isolated Acinetobacter baumanii bacterium to the commercial antibiotic tests was analyzed by disc diffusion method. Six different UTI bacterial isolates were observed after 24 hrs incubation from collected samples such as Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumonia, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Protues mirabilis and Acinetobacter baumanii. Acinetobacter baumanii was grow on MacConkey agar appearing as a non lactose fermented and catalase positive, non-motile, Gram negative coccobacilli and oxidase test negative. The Piperacillin/Tazobactam (100mcg) has maximum antibacterial activity against Acinetobacter baumanii when compared to other antibiotics.</p>