Prevalence of Urinary tract infection in Pregnant women of Peshawar NWFP : A single center study

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of urinary tract infection (UTI) in pregnant women in Peshawar. This study was conducted in the department of Pathology, KTH, Peshawar. 115 pregnant and 60 non-pregnant women between 16 - 45 years of age were included. Mid stream urine specimens were collected, examined, culture and sensitivity was done. organisms were identified using biochemical tests. Out of 115 pregnant women, 34 were found to be suffering from UTI with a prevalence rate of 29.57% and out of 60 control women, 14(23.33%) were found to be suffering from UTI. The prevalence of UTI significantly increased with parity, however duration of pregnancy was not significantly associated with it. Patients having past history of urological problems showed more susceptiblity to UTI. The prevalence of different pathogenes isolated were escherichia coli (21.74%) pseudomonas spp. (12.6%), Klebsiella spp. (1.74%), Proteus spp. (0.87%) Staphylococcus epidermitis (0.87%), Staphylococcus saphrophyticus (0.87%) and Citrobacter spp. (0.87%). Although symptoms play a major role in diagnosis but we did not find any correlation ofsymptoms with the prevalence UTI. UTI occurs in all age groups of pregnant and control women, however with increasing age, the prevalence of UTI significantly increases. Prevalence of UTI increases with parity.