Incidence of urinary tract infection among pregnant women attending Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital

Abstract

Background: To investigate the most isolated pathogens from pregnant women urine sample base on their age group during the study period.
Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the incident rate of bacterial infection among pregnant women who came for Antenatal Care at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano from January 2017 – April 2017.
Methods: Mid-stream urine samples of 150 were collected from pregnant women attending Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano and were subjected to culture and sensitivity during the period of four month. The specimens were cultured immediately on Cysteine Lactose electrolyte Deficient Medium (C.L.E.D) and incubated for 24 to 48 hours at 37^oC. Isolates were differentiated to Gram positive and Gram negative using Gram staining Techniques. The isolates where also identified morphologically as well as using biochemical testing.
Results: Out of The Isolates from the cultured samples were Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella aeruginosa and Proteus mirabilis, Escherichia coli (50.0%) and Staphylococcus aureus (23.9%) were more prevalent than the others which shows Klebsiella aeruginosa(17.2%) and Proteus mirabilis (8.9%).But the age group with the highest prevalence rate of infection in pregnant women in this study was 21 – 30years(29.2%)
Conclusion: The result from the study indicates that out of 150 women who were tested for possible UTI, 107 of the subjects were infected. While the remaining 28 subjects were not infected and showed no form of clinical manifestation. And also Escherichia coli were found to be the most predominant organism among other isolates from the cultured urine.