Prospective Study on The Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infections In Pregnancy: Al Dawadmi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2019, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Urinary tract infections are considered as the most common bacterial infection in both pregnant and non-pregnant women. About eight million women visit a physician annually for evaluation of urinary tract infections. Aim: to assess the prevalence of urinary tract infections during pregnancy at Al Dawadmi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was found that the more than half (58%) of women had UTI (29%) of them were due to fungal causes. Out of one hundred women, thirty one reported urinary symptoms. Most common urinary symptoms in these women was (35%) had dysuria & pain ,while less than quarter (23%) had fever & only( 12 %) had rigors. We concluded that the prevalence of urinary tract infection in pregnant women attending antenatal clinics found more than half (58%) of women had UTI and (29%) had fungal causes. We recommended that repeated urine analysis during pregnancy is needed.
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Entesar M. , Makhlouf . , Amal . , A. Abdelhafez
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