Microbiological profile and antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria associated with urinary tract infections in Ukrainian adults

The aim of the study was to analyse the microbial profile of the urinary tract infections (UTIs) due to urolithiases and to study susceptibility to antibiotics in its causative agents. The main method of the research was bacteriological. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was conducted by serial microdilution assay in accordance with recommendations of the European committee on antimicrobial susceptibility testing (EUCAST). For present study 128 unique urine samples were collected from patients with UTIs associated with urolithiasis. Among all collected specimens, 78% (n=100) gave clinically signi­ficant growth. Among all examined participants, 88.9% of women (64/72) and 64.3% of men (36/56) had confirmed UTI; in the study, female/male ratio was 1.4 (χ2=9.76; p