Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection among Hospitalized Covid 19 Patients: A Study in Eastern India.

COVID-19 is the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. The present hospital based study was performed to find out prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection among COVID 19 patients. The cross sectional study was performed with seven hundred fifty three laboratory confirmed COVID 19 cases over six months (from 1st July to 31st December, 2020). Urine samples collected from laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in appropriate sterile manner and were screened for pus cells and bacteria. This was followed by plating on Mac-conkey's agar media and 5% Sheep Blood agar media. Inoculated plates were incubated overnight in aerobic condition at 37°C. Discrete colonies were further studied by Gram staining, tests for motility, battery of biochemical tests. Antibiogram was performed by disk diffusion method as per CLSI guidelines. Species confirmation and MIC (Minimum Inhibitory Concentration) values of the tested antibiotics were detected by automation. Results were analyzed according to standard statistical methods. Ninety urine samples were culture positive (11.95%). Escherichia coli was found to be the commonest pathogen, isolated in forty three cases (47.78%) followed by Enterococcus faecalis in twenty nine (32.22%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae subspp. pneumonia in eighteen occasions (20%). Enterococcus faecalis isolates were sensitive to Vancomycin, Linezolid and Nitrofurantoin and nineteen isolates were resistant to fluroquinolones (65.51%). Majority of the Gram Negative isolates were susceptible to nitrofurantoin (80.32%) where as fifteen carbapenemase producers, thirteen AmpC Betalactamase producers and twenty one Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase (ESBL) producers have been recorded. Constant awareness regarding the antibiotic guidelines for COVID-19 cases is the need of the hour.