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Bacteriuria And Pregnancy Outcome: A Prospective Hospital-Based Study In Pakistani Women, R N. Qureshi, Khalid S. Khan, Omar Darr, Nasir Khattak, Bader J. Farooqui, J H. Rizvi
Bacteriuria And Pregnancy Outcome: A Prospective Hospital-Based Study In Pakistani Women, R N. Qureshi, Khalid S. Khan, Omar Darr, Nasir Khattak, Bader J. Farooqui, J H. Rizvi
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
The prevalence of bacteriuria in Pakistani women and its association with complications of pregnancy was studied. Out of 1579 women, 77 had bacteriuria (4.8%). There was no association of age, gravidity, parity, haemoglobin, pre-eclampsia, mode of delivery, gestational age at delivery, preterm delivery and low birth-weight with presence of bacteriuria. With detection and treatment the pregnancy outcome of women with bacteriuria in pregnancy was the same as that of those without.