Analysis of bacterial urinary tract infection among pregnant women in tertiary hospital Katsina

Abstract

Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is an infection caused by the presence and replication of microorganisms in the urinary tract. The aim of this study is to evaluate the distribution of UTI pathogens associated with pregnant women attending Federal Medical Center, Katsina. The research was a prospective study conducted among 126 antenatal attendees. Urine microscopy and culture technique were conducted for each participant. Statistical analysis of data was done using Graph Pad Prism Statistical software. Twenty-five out of the participants had asymptomatic bacteriuria giving a prevalence of 19.8%. However age (P=0.66), educational status (P=0.19) and settlement (P=0.91) are not statistically significant. While tribe and gestational age (trimester) are found to be statistically significant (P = 0.02). Staphylococcus aureus is found to be the most prevalent organism (40%), followed by coagulase negative Staphylococcus (32%) and the least is Eschericia coli (4%). However, comparison between Hausa and Yoruba had shown that Hausa tribe has more chance of infected with Asymptomic bacteriuria during pregnancy and high risk than Yoruba tribe! Therefore, UTI has the potentiality to pose serious life threatening consequences when left untreated. This is more likely to be the case where access to or availability of timely and appropriate medical intervention due to inadequate numbers of health care providers.It is therefore, recommended that pregnant women should be subjected for urine laboratory screening for the detection of UTI during the first trimester and treatment follows immediately for the positive results. 

Key Word: Bacteriuria, Infection, Pregnancy, and Urine culture.