Prevalence of urinary tract infection among pregnant women in a tertiary care hospital in West Bengal
Journal Title: Journal of the Indian Medical Association - Year 2018, Vol 116, Issue 12
Abstract
Urinary tract infection is one of the most commonly diagnosed infections in pregnancy. Common causative organisms are Gram Negative Bacilli like Escherichia coli, Klebsiella sp. or Gram-positive bacteria like Enterococcus and Staphylococcus. Identification of uropathogens and their treatment is necessary for the viability of fetus.
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Nasifa Hassan, Soumen Saha, Sudip Roy, Somnath Laha, Kumkum Pahari
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