Asymptomatic bacteriuria is a common occurrence among healthy students, with a tendency to develop into symptomatic urinary tract infections (UTIs). This study was carried out to investigate the occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Escherichia coli from the urine of asymptomatic students. A total of 180 mid-stream urine samples were collected from apparently healthy students, whose consents were sought. E. coli was isolated and tested for their susceptibility to commonly used antimicrobial agents using the disk diffusion protocol. Result analysis was done using one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the help of SPSS and level of significance taken at p
Key words: Antimicrobial, Asymptomatic, Escherichia coli, Susceptibility profile, Urine
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