Assessment of Bacterial Isolates in Urinary Tract Infection among Pregnant Women- A Microbiological Study
Journal Title: Journal of Advanced Medical and Dental Sciences Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 11
Abstract
Introduction- A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection that affects part of the urinary tract. The present study was conducted to determine the bacterial isolates of UTI in pregnancy. Materials & Methods- The present study was conducted on 250 antenatal women between 12-16 weeks of gestation from different age & parity groups. All patients were instructed to collect clean catch mid-stream urine specimen. Each of the specimens was subjected to culture by the semi-quantative standard loop technique on Blood agar & MacConkey agar. Culture plates were incubated aerobically at 37oC for 24 hours. Results- Age group 18- 25 years had 135 patients, 26- 33 years had 68 patients, 34- 41 years had 35 patients and 41- 50 years had 12 patients. The difference was significant (P- 0.01). Parity was primi (80), first para (75), second para (45) and multiparous (50). The difference was significant (P- 0.01). Various pathogenic isolates were staph. aureus (32%), E. coli (30%), Streptococcus spp. (22%), pseudomonas spp. (4%), candida spp. (3%) and acinobacter spp. (2%). The difference was significant (P- 0.01). Conclusion- UTI is quite common in pregnancy. Common isolates seen are staph. aureus, E. coli, Streptococcus spp., pseudomonas spp., candida spp. and acinobacter spp.
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Rama Nand Singh
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