Urinary Tract Infection During Pregnancy
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Urinary Tract Infection, Complications in Pregnant women, Newborns, and treatment of UTI in pregnancy.Abstract
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common in pregnant women and pose a great therapeutic challenge, since the risk of serious complications in both the mother and her child is high. Pregnancy is a state associated with physiological, structural and functional urinary tract changes which promote ascending infections from the urethra. Unlike the general population, all pregnant women should be screened for bacteriuria with urine culture, and asymptomatic bacteriuria must be treated in every case that is diagnosed, as it is an important risk factor for pyelonephritis in this population. The antibiotic chosen should have a good maternal and fetal safety profile. In this paper, current principles of diagnosis and management of UTI in pregnancy are reviewed, and the main problems and controversies are identified and discussed. Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) are mainly caused by the presence and growth of microorganisms in the urinary tract, which are the single commonest bacterial infections of all age groups and especially in pregnancy .UTI was diagnosed based on urinalysis reports. With the help of data collection form demographic data were collected. The commonest causative organism was found to be E. coli (50%). The weight of newborn infants of mothers afflicted with UTI were significantly not lowered compared to newborns of healthy women. The prevalence rate of urinary tract infection (UTI) during pregnancy is high. So, it is important to do routine screening of all pregnant women for significant bacteriuria to reduce the complications on both maternal and fetal health.
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