Positive Bacterial Culture among Adults with Suspected Urinary Tract Infections Presenting to the Department of Medicine of a Tertiary Care Centre.

Introduction: Urinary tract infections are the most common infections encountered in clinical practice. Treatment needs to take into account the likely organism, comorbidities and local antibiotic sensitivity pattern. This study aimed to find the prevalence of positive bacterial culture among adults with suspected urinary tract infections presenting to the department of medicine of a tertiary care centre. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among adults with suspected urinary tract infections. Data was collected between 1 July 2022 to 31 December 2022 after obtaining ethical approval from the Institutional Review Committee. Individuals with symptomatic urinary tract infections were included in the study. The antibiotic susceptibility tests of the isolates were done. A convenience sampling method was used. The point estimate was calculated at a 95% Confidence Interval. Results: Among 355 patients, positive cultures were obtained in 148 (41.69%) (36.56-46.82, 95% Confidence Interval). Escherichia coli 120 (81.08%) was the predominant organism cultured among the positive bacterial culture cases. Conclusions: The prevalence of positive bacterial culture was found to be higher than other studies done in similar settings. Keywords: aminoglycosides; Escherichia coli; prevalence; urinary tract infections.

Mature brain tissue in the sacrococcygeal region.

Complete mature brain tissue in sacrococcygeal region is a rare congenital anomaly in a newborn, which usually is misdiagnosed for sacrococcygeal teratoma. Glial tumor-like ependymoma is also common in sacrococcygeal area but mostly appears later in life. We present a case of complete heterotopic brain tissue in the sacrococcygeal region. The patient underwent total excision of mass with coccygectomy. To our knowledge it is the second case being reported.