Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy

ABSTRACT

Mid-stream urine specimens of 150 pregnant women, in different trimesters of pregnancy and without manifestations or previous history of urinary tract infection, were subjected to microscopic examination, culture, bacterial colony count and antibiotic sensitivity tests. A positive urinary culture was found in 17 percent of cases and a bacterial colony count more than 10[5]/ml was revealed in four percent of the investigated specimens. Six strains of bacteria, namely, Esch. Coli, Klebsiella, Staph. aureus, Staph. albus, Streptococcus Viridans and Streptococcus faecalis were isolated from the infected urine specimens. The asymptomatic bacteriuria was found to be more common during the third trimester of pregnancy and in those cases with four pregnancies or more. The antibiotic sensitivity pattern was determined and the results were discussed