Incidence of urinary tract infection during pregnancy

Incidence of urinary tract infection [UTI] during pregnancy among Pakistani women was examined. Midstream urine was collected from 250 pregnant and 100 control women and streaked on blood agar and incubated. Growth was considered significant if > / = 10[5]/mL bacteria were present. Among the pregnant women, 28.5% had UTI; 30.0% of controls had UTI. Among the pregnant and control women, 24.4% and 20.0% respectively had UTI symptoms, such as incontinence, nocturia and urgency. Symptoms did not correlate with incidence. Socioeconomic status, personal hygiene, education level, pregnancy duration, postcoital washing, contraceptive use and use of underclothing had no significant association with UTI occurrence. A history of past urological problems was associated with an increased incidence of UTI in pregnancy

comparative study on the changes in minor protein and viscosity of goat and cow sweetened condensed milk during storage

Analysis of SCM at different stages of storage revealed that viscosity increased at all the temperatures except 6°C. At 22°C the viscosity of SCM gradually increased after first month of storage. At storage temperature of 37°C there was contineous and considerable increase in viscosity upto 4 months period of storage. PP and NPN level increased gradually, but the extent of increase was slow at 22°C, whereas at 37°C, these constituents increased sharply both in case of goat and cow SCM. Samples stored at 6°C did not indicate any appreciable variation in its level