Frequency of symptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant diabetics

Bacteriuria was assessed in clean mid stream urine specimens using the biotest uricount dip slide method and reference procedure in 100 pregnant females with diabetes mellitus and 100 non-diabetic pregnant females, all had no urinary troubles. The frequency of significant asymptomatic bacteriuria [SAB] was significantly higher in the diabetic [44%] than in the non-diabetic pregnant females [12%], in poorly controlled cases [75%] than in adequately controlled cases [27%], in non-glucosuric diabetic [67.74] than in non- glucosuric non- diabetic cases [11.7%] and in non-glucosuric [67.74%] than in glucosuric diabetic cases [33.3%]. The age, parity, duration of pregnancy and pH had no significant effect on the frequency of SAB among the diabetic and non-diabetic groups or among the cases of each group. Escherichia coli was the most common microorganism in both groups. By comparison, the dip slide method detected 53 of the 56 significant asymptomatic bacteriuria found by culture in both groups

Evaluation of sonar in the diagnosis and management of bleeding in early pregnancy

One hundred patients presenting with bleeding in early pregnancy in the first 5 to 16 weeks of pregnancy were studied by ultrasonography. It proved 100% accuracy in the diagnosis of viable foetuses and their differentiation from missed abortion and blighted ova. The diagnosis of vesicular mole was possible with 100% accuracy while that of ectopic pregnancy presented some difficulties with false positive and false negative results

Scanning electron microscopy in dysfunctional uterine bleeding

The mechanism of bleeding and the mode of regeneration of the endometrium were studied in 20 cases of dysfunctional uterine bleeding. Endometrial biopsies were examined using the light microscope and scanning electron microscopy