Etiology and Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections in a Kuwait Hospital

Abstract

This study revealed that Enterobacteriaceae were the predominant bacterial pathogen of community-acquired UTIs in Infectious Diseases Hospital, Kuwait. It also demonstrated an increasing resistance to ciprofloxacin, gentamicin and the production of extended spectrum beta-lactamase among UTI pathogens in the community.