Identifications of multi-drug resistanturopathogens among infected patients from hospitals in Nablus-Palestine

Urinary tract infection UTI is the most common bacterial infection in the human population, and is considered to be a common cause of death all over the world. The increase in resistance in many bacterial strains prompted the researchers to do studies on it as well. This research aims to investigate the multi-drug resistant uropathogens among patients taking their care in Rafidia and Al Watani Hospitals and Patients Friends Society (Mostawsaf Al-Rahma) in Nablus-Palestine using the skills and knowledge that we have acquired during study at ANNU to apply it in our graduating project from January to July 2021 in Nablus, Palestine. 100 urine samples from UTI infected patients have been randomly selected from the medical laboratories related to health care facilities mentioned above after the approval of IRP and the directorate of Health Education. The bacterial species have been identified then their multidrug resistant activity has been investigated against several numbers of antibiotics. E.coli was the most frequent bacteria presented in the urine samples 39%, followed by S.epidermidis , Enterococcus, K.pneumoniae, and Pseudomonas respectively. Frome the gram-positive group 4 samples were resistante to the entire antibiotics being used, and in general the samples showed the highest resistance for ampicillin, followed by amikacin, ciprofloxacin, Gentamicin, Imipenem. From the gram-negative group 2 samples were resistante to the 5 antibiotics being used, and generally the samples showed the highest resistance for ciprofloxacin, followed by ceftazidime, gentamicin, imipenem, amikacin.