DRUG-SENSITIVITY PATTERN OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI CAUSING URINARY-TRACT INFECTION IN DIABETIC AND NONDIABETIC PATIENTS

Escherichia coli was isolated from 65 urine samples out of 300 specime ns collected from diabetic and non-diabetic patients with urinary trac t infections. All isolates were screened for susceptibility to commonl y used antibiotics. No remarkable difference in sensitivity pattern wa s observed between the E. coli isolates from diabetic and non-diabetic out-patients. However, the isolates from hospitalized diabetic patien ts showed a clear difference in sensitivity; E. coli from this group w as more resistant to commonly used antibiotics compared with those fro m non-hospitalized diabetic and non-diabetic patients.