Volume : 7, Issue : 2, February - 2018

ASSOCIATION OF DEMOGRAFIC VARIABILITIES TO URINARY TRACT INFECTION IN PREGNANCY

Dr. S. Nirupa, Dr. N. Nikath Nasreen

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">Infection of urinary tract is one of the most common problems in pregnancy due to anatomical and physiological changes that take place in the genitourinary tract in pregnancy. It may be symptomatic or asymptomatic.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:&#10;EN-CA"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">As the age advances prevalence of bacteriuria is increasing.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:&#10;EN-CA"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">Multiparous women are having more prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:&#10;EN-CA"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;&#10;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Less</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;&#10;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">the socio economic class more the prevalence of infection.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;&#10;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;&#10;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black;mso-themecolor:&#10;text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">C</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">orrelation between demographic factors like socioeconomic class, gravida and age on infection was studied using chi square test</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">.</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;&#10;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Keeping the complications of bacteriuria, it has to be </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;normal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">treated with 7-day regimen of antibiotics, based on the sensitivity pattern. Urine culture is repeated after 2 weeks to see the effectiveness of the treatment.</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>