Incidence and Antibiogram of Uropathogens isolated from pregnant women with urinary tract infection

Vaidehi Chandorkar; Dr. A.V Gomashe

Volume : IV, Issue : XI, November - 2014

Incidence and Antibiogram of Uropathogens isolated from pregnant women with urinary tract infection

Vaidehi Chandorkar, Dr. A. V Gomashe

Abstract :

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common bacterial infection in women during pregnancy leading to perinatal and maternal morbidity and mortality. The causative bacteria have remained the same but there has been an increasing resistance to the available antibiotics. The main objective was to study the prevalence of UTI in pregnant women, isolation of common causative bacteria, and their antibiogram. It was observed that UTI was prevalent in pregnant women belonging to age group 28–32 and frequently isolated bacteria was E.coli followed by Klebsiella sp., Proteus sp., Staphaylococcus sp. and Pseudomonas sp. Antibiogram study has shown that uropathogens were resistant to Ampicillin and the greatest activity was shown against Nitrofurantoin.