Prevalence of ESBL Producing Escherichia Coli in Urine Samples in a Tertiary Care Hospital

The assessment was driven at Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chrompet, Chennai, Central Laboratory Department of Microbiology for a period of one year from August 2017 to August 2018. An entirety of 3580 pee tests were obtained in the Central Lab during the examination timespan and tests were read for the pace of Escherichia coli and its antimicrobial inadequacy structure. Of the 3580 urine samples obtained, the bulk of the samples were taken. from inpatient departments (2800) while 780 samples were from outpatient. 150 random Escherichia coli samples isolated from urine were tested further for ESBL and antibiotic sensitivity pattern.