Abstract:Objective To investigate the antibiotic susceptibility and clinical characteristics of Escherichia coli isolated from urine specimens in patients with urinary calculi. Methods The results of antibiotic susceptibility of Escherichia coli isolated from mid-stream urine of the patients with urinary calculi in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University between January 2010 and December 2015 were analyzed retrospectively. Results A total of 1,894 strains of Escherichia coli were detected from urine specimens in the patients with urinary calculi, including 555 (29.30%) from male and 1,339 (70.70%) from female. Among them, the most common age group was 41-60 years both in male (41.34%) and female (55.82%). Escherichia coli was sensitive to Cefmetazole, Cefotetan, Amikacin, Tigecycline, Piperacillin/Tazobactam and Carbapenems (including Ertapenem, Meropenem and Imipenem), and the sensitive rates were all more than 90%. In contrast, it was less sensitive to antibiotics such as Ampicillin, Cefazolin, Cefotaxime, Ceftriaxone, Levofloxacin and Ciprofloxacin, with the sensitive rate less than 40%. Conclusions Escherichia coli from the urine of the patients with urinary calculi showed low sensitive rate to Fluoroquinolones and some of the third-generation Cephalosporins, which may not be suitable for empirical therapy in the patients with urinary calculi. In contrast, the bacteria is sensitive to Cefmetazole, Cefotetan, Piperacillin/Tazobactam and Carbapenems. In the treatment of urinary tract infection in the patients with urinary calculi, standardized medication should be taken according the antibiotic sensitivity.