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Urinary tract infections are the primary factors that cause mortality and morbidity in patients with underlying comorbid conditions and are responsible for most hospital admissions worldwide.

The study aims to identify the common bacterial uropathogens and determine their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern, including multidrug-resistant/extensively drug-resistant bacteria.

The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among inpatients provisionally suspected of urinary tract infections in the medical ward of Koshi Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal. Samples were inoculated in a cystine lysine electrolyte-deficient medium, and pure growth of significant bacteria was further subjected Gram staining, biochemical identification, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing as per laboratory standard procedure and Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines, respectively. Descriptive and …