Prevalence of urinary tract infection during pregnancy: a clinical, epidemiological and bacteriologic study

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out on 300 pregnant and 200 nonprenant women among those attending Maternal and Child Health Center in Mansoura City. They were aged 18 to 40 years, non pregnant cases were properly matched as regard age, socioeconomic level, residence and parity. All women were interviewed, examined clinically and investigated as regard urinary tract infection [UTI], urine samples were collected, examined by routine chemical and microsocpic examination, cultured and the isolated organisms were identified by conventional methods. The prevalence of [UTI] in pregnant women was 15.3%, while it was 6.5% in non pregnant women, with an Estimate Risk 2.35. The prevalence of [UTI] increases with the progress of age and duration of pregnancy. It was double in multipara than in primipara. Rural women had [UTI] prevelance double that of urban women. The commonest type of pathogenic bacterial isolated from both pregnant and non pregnant women was E. coli [21.7% and 38.5%] respectively. Potentially pathogenic organisms were present in significant level in 47.8% and 46.2% in pregnant and the non pregnant women. This study revealed that Diabetes M. triple the risk of [UTI] development and aggrevates the pathological abnormalities and permits the growth of significant number of pathogenic organisms