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A STUDY ON THE OCCURRENCE OF ASYMTOMATIC BACTERIURIA IN PREGNANT FEMALES IN ALLIED HOSPITAL FAISALABAD

Dr Navaira Zahid, Dr Taimoor Javed, Dr Saneea Shahzad

Objective: The aim of this research work is to examine the occurrence of the ASB (Asymptomatic Bacteriuria) in the females with pregnancy in the general population of Faisalabad. Methodology: This was a prospective research work started in October 2017 to April 2019 and conducted in Allied Hospital Faisalabad. There were two groups of this research work. Group-A contained 200 females with pregnancy visiting the outpatient department of the Gynecology department for routine checkups and Group-B was the group of healthy controls contained 60 females of fertile age without pregnancy. We collected the midstream urine and incubated aerobically at 37oC on the CLED agar. We took the growth of greater than 1.0 x 105 CFU/mL as significant bacteriuria. The identification of the gram-negative bacteria carried out by the API 20-E and the identification of the gram-positive bacteria carried out by the standard routine procedures. Results: The participants of both case and control groups were present with age-matched. The occurrence of the ASB was 4.18% (18 / 200) in the Group-A and 2.648% (2 / 60) in Group-B. The most common uro-pathogen in the participants of both groups were E. coli and the Staph. Saprophyticus was the 2nd most frequent in the patients of Group-A. The occurrence of the ASB remained the similar in the both females with pregnancy and without pregnancy by application of x2. Conclusion: The occurrence of the ASB before the period of pregnancy remains during the period of pregnancy, if remain without treatment. Uro-pathogens were similar. There is need of the screening of the females with pregnancy for the prevalence of the ASB by culturing. Key Words: Asymptomatic, Bacteria, Ram-Positive, Gram-Negative, Pregnancy, Occurrence, Prevalence.

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