Article Type
Original Study
Abstract
Urinary tract infection is a vary series symptom that pregnant women must be looking for treat as it effects in pregnant woman health baby for a long of 9 months of pregnant, this symptoms effect in different way on baby and mother health. The study on pregnant women carried out by examination of fresh samples taken from registered mothers in Maternity hospital and then carried varies analysis, physical, chemical and microscopic tests with bacterial and antibiotic sensitivity tests About 70 Urine sample taken from pregnant women that follow up their health in Al Elywiah maternity Hospital, the rested women with average age (18-39) years old. Results of physical examination showed that samples color of urine range from pale yellow, yellow to dark with turbid except two sample shows reddish color, although results of chemical examination, showed that must of pregnant have negative in sugar test except three, as they are young in age, or they have pregnant diabetic, also specific gravity showed highly positive results for most pregnant which mean that must of pregnant have infection with different type of amorphous and crystals in which pregnant have some symptom of difficult urination and pain that effect in their health and may effect baby, while result for bilirubin showing normal for all samples except two. Test for nitrite shows positive for eleven samples, while leukocyte esters showed positive in 35 samples. Results of microscopic examination showed the results of RBC, WBC from (5--30 Cells) in the most sample, while for mucus most of samples show few,, fungi examination is normal all sample except two, the results of bacterial culture showed that more isolation of bacteria are Enterococcus faesialis, Taphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, also results shows present of Candida Albicans fungi in two samples, the sensitivity test of bacteria showed that antibiotic Cefepime, Nitrofurantion and Ceftariaxone are most effective in bacteria, while Amoxyclav antibiotic showed intermediate in more sample, while Cefalexin is resistant in most samples.
Keywords
Urinary tract infection (UTI), Pregnant women, UTI antimicrobial resistance
Recommended Citation
Al-Joudi, Abass T.; Habeeb, Randa Abdal Jaleel; Ramadan, Ali Dawoud; and Aliwi, Hussein Ibrahim
(2025)
"Study of Urinary Tract Infection Among Pregnant Women Attending Al Elywiah Maternity Hospital in Baghdad/Iraq,"
Al-Esraa University College Journal for Medical Sciences: Vol. 6:
Iss.
9, Article 10.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70080/2790-7937.1053