21010 Copyright@ MdShahidul Islam | Biomed J Sci & Tech Res | BJSTR. MS.ID.004552. ISSN: 2574 -1241 Evaluation of Current Status and Awareness Program of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) at Chattogram in Bangladesh DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2020.27.004552 Sadiya Chowdhury 1 and Md Shahidul Islam 2 * 1 Student, Department of Pharmacy, University of Science and Technology Chittagong (USTC) Bangladesh 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy, University of Science and Technology Chittagong (USTC) Bangladesh *Corresponding author: Md Shahidul Islam, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy, University of Science & Technology Chittagong (USTC), Bangladesh Introduction Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are highly prevalent worldwide [1]. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the inflammatory disorders of the urinary tract caused by the abnormal growth of pathogens [2,3]. Urinary tract infection is known to cause short-term morbidity in terms of fever, dysuria, and lower abdominal pain (LAP) and may result in permanent scarring of the kidney [4,5]. Urinary tract infections may be asymptomatic, acute, chronic, and complicated or uncomplicated, and the clinical manifestations of UTIs depend on the portion of the urinary tract involved, the etiologic organisms, the severity of the infection, and the patient’s ability to mount an immune response to it. Both asymptomatic and symptomatic UTIs pose a serious threat to public health care, hence reducing the quality of life and resulting into work absenteeism [6]. UTIs are most often due to bacteria (95%), but may also include fungal and viral infection [7]. Several authors around the world have been reported the Gram negative bacteria of E.coli and Klebsiella spp. being the most frequent organisms causing UTIs [8-12]. E.coli causes 70-95% Research Article ARTICLE INFO Abstract Received: April 08, 2020 Published: May 20, 2020 Citation: Sadiya Chowdhury, MdShahidul Islam. Evaluation of Current Status and Awareness Program of Urinary Tract In- fection (UTI) at Chattogram in Bangladesh. Biomed J Sci & Tech Res 27(5)-2020. BJSTR. MS.ID.004552. Keywords: Urinary tract infections; Sur- vey; Chattogram Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are highly prevalent worldwide. Urinary tract in- fections (UTIs) are the inflammatory disorders of the urinary tract caused by the ab- normal growth of pathogens. The purpose of this study was to determine the most fre- quent bacterial pathogens responsible for UTIs, to evaluate antibiotics used to treat such infection, to detect and evaluate the incidence of infection & to review the cur- rent evidence of diagnosis, management of UTIs from the patients. A descriptive type of cross-sectional study design was used. The survey was carried out from November 2019 to February 2020, among 50 patients in the Urology Department of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH), Chattogram. According to this survey the highest proportion of patient’s age range was from 21-30 years which was 28%. 68% of pa- tients were male and the remaining 32% were female patients. 64% of patients were married and the remaining 36% were unmarried. The highest proportion of patients was illiterate regarding 46%. The highest proportion of patients was from rural area which was 60%. The highest proportion of patients had frequency or urgency of urination with less urine output which was 32%. The highest proportion of patients had done USG of KUB diagnosis for UTI which was 20%. The highest proportion of patients had taken anti- biotic therapy only during hospitalization which was 48%. The highest proportion of patients had not taken any antibiotic which was 30%. The highest proportion of pa- tients had completed 50% course of treatment which was 52%. The highest proportion of patients had genitourinary abnormalities as associated disease with UTI which was 34%. In this research work, awareness program was carried out among the students of different teaching institutes, where the information about prevention and treatment of UTI had provided.