Abstract

Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) commonly occur during pregnancy, the study aimed at to know the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy Materials and methods Prospective observational study done in the department of medicine and obstetrics acsr ggh hospital, Nellore for a period of 1year from April 2022,all the pregnant women recruited for study Results Durring the study period, a total of 500 cases were included in the study. Of these, there were 46 (9.2%)have ASB. 6.1% of women were in the age group of 20-25 years. 21.7% were in age groups between 26 years to 30 years,2.2% were in the above 30 years . Gram negative bacteria were more frequently (86%) isolated organism than Gram positive bacteria (14%). Most of the isolates in our study are sensitive to drugs like Meropenam (100%), Amikacin ,93.5%),Nitrofurantoin(76.1%),cefoxitin(65.2%),Ceftriaxone(54.3%).,andpiperacillin+tazobactum(47.8%),ciprofloxacin (47.5%). Conclusion ASB is a common bacterial infection, complicating pregnancy with a high prevalence of 9.2%. The prevalence is more common in our area which has a rural background in younger age group of less than 25 years .

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