Frequency of symptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant diabetics

ABSTRACT

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