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African Journal of Gender and Women Studies ISSN 2516-9831 Vol. 3 (6), pp. 189-193, June, 2018. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Urinary tract disease prevalence amongst pregnant women in South-eastern Nigeria
K.I Mojubola1, Okonji L. E2* and Clement S. Ajayi3
1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria.
2Department of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
3Department of Epidemiology, Medical Statistics and Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, College of
Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, P.O.Box 3340, Nigeria.
* Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected].
Accepted 15 October, 2014
Abstract
This study is based on the prevalence of Urinary Tract Disease (UTIs) amongst pregnant women in Nigeria attending antenatal clinics at hospitals. Factors that predispose an individual to UTI. Listing, description and recognition of bacteria from urine samples. A total of 100 mid-stream urine (MSU) Specimen were collected and cultured for the presence of bacterial pathogens, 54 showed significant bacterial growths while 46 showed no significant bacterial growth. Bacterial agents were isolated from 54 pregnant women and were identified as: Escherichia coli;Klebsiella spp., Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus andStaphylococcus epidermidis. Escherichia coli [20(37%)] was the commonest offending bacterial pathogen isolated. Other bacterial pathogens incriminated in this study were Klebsiella spp. [11(20.4%)], Proteus mirabilis [9(16.7%)], Pseudomonas aeruginosa [7(13%)], Staphylococcus aureus [4(7.4%)] and Staphylococcus epidermidis [3(5.6%)]. The study shows a high occurrence of UTIs (54%) despite the fact that most of the pregnant women showed no clinical symptom.
Key words: Pathogens, antibiotics sensitivity, bacteria, urine, urinary tract disease.