Hyderabad, Oct. 12 -- Doctors in Hyderabad are reporting a rise in antibiotic-resistant urinary tract infections (UTIs).

According to a report published in The Times of India, 3-4 cases are being reported every week in government and private hospitals. Earlier, there were about one case a month.

In several cases, despite receiving treatment, patients continue to test positive for the same resistant bacteria.

Resistant UTI leads to kidney removal

TOI quoted Dr Mohd Taif, senior urologist at AINU, Banjara Hills, as saying that in one case of antibiotic-resistant UTI, the kidney of a 40-year-old Hyderabad woman was removed after treatment failed to improve the infection.

According to doctors, the rise in resistant infections is due to t...