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Zarganj Fard A. The Prevalence of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Pregnant Women who were Referred to Health Centers of Arak. J Arak Uni Med Sci 2000; 3 (1) :21-23
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School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.
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The most common bacterial infection during pregnancy is urinary tract infection (UTI), its presentation in pregnancy includes asymptomatic bacteriuria or symptomatic infections such as pyelonephritis. The etiologic microorganisms of UTI are normal flora of perineum, vagina and anus. This study was conducted on 1736 pregnant w0men who were referred to health centers in Arak. Urinalysis and urine culture were done for all patients and a questionnaire was filled in by midwives or physicians. In patients with positive urine cultures the treatment was begun and second urine culture was performed 2 weeks after treatment. The results: The incidence of asymptomatic bacteriuria and cystitis were 6.3% and 1.3%. Also there was a significant relation between previous UTI and asymptomatic bacteriuria (p<0.02). There was no meaningful relation between age and parity with asymptomatic bacteriuria. The most common organisms was E coli which was detected in 87.5% of cases.
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