Prevalence of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Pregnant Women in Van's Region

Abstract

Objective: To investigate asymptomatic bacteriuria prevalence in pregnant woman living in Van's region. Material and Methods: In this study, asymptomatic bacteriuria prevalence was investigated in 238 pregnant woman who applied to outpatient clinics of Van Maternity and Children's Hospital between 1 August 2008 and 30 November 2008 and did not have any complaint with the urinary system. The control group was formed by 104 sexually active and healty non pregnant women with similar age group. The data of all patients related to the age, educational level, number of gestations and gestational week was recorded. Mid-stream urine specimen was obtained from all women. The samples were further cultured in 5% sheep blood agar and eosin methylene blue agar (EMB). Colony counts yielding a bacterial growth of 105 colony forming unit/mL or more of pure isolates were accepted as significant. Results: Asymptomatic bacteriuria was detected in 12 (5%) out of 238 pregnant women included in the study. E. coli (58.3%), S. agalactiae (16.7%), K. pneumoniae (8.3%), C. freundii (8.3%) and S. aureus (8.3%) were isolated from the cultures. The prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria was highest among pregnant women in the 20-30 year age group and the ones with a gravidity ≤ 2. In the control group, asymptomatic bacteriuria was detected in 8 (7.7%) women. E. coli and K. pneumoniae was detected in 7 and 1 patients, respectively. Conclusion: The pregnant women who are 20-30 years old and with low gravida (< 2) should be screened more carefully since they are together with the highest frequency of asymptomatic bacteriuria in this region. Copyright © 2010 by Türkiye Klinikleri.