DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2013.v01i05.0070

Pages: 658-660

Microbial colonization of the urine and tissue invasion of any structure of urinary tract is referred to as urinary tract infections (UTIs). Pregnancy enhances the progression of infections from asymptomatic to symptomatic which could lead to adverse obstetric outcomes such as premature birth, low birth weight, still birth and pyelonephritis. This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at Federal Medical Centre Nguru (FMC), Yobe State. A total of three hundred patients agreed to participate in the research and their sample of urine were collected in separate containers. Out of the three hundred urine samples processed, 130 (43.3%) showed a significant bacteriuria growth, the most common isolate was Escherichia coli (36.9%), followed by Staphylococcus spp. (22.3%), Klebsiella spp. (20.0%), Proteus spp. (6.2%), Pseudomonas spp. (3.1%) and Streptococcus fecalis (11.5%). To prevent asymptomatic bacteriuria complication, all pregnant women should be screened at the first antenatal visit, and proper treatment must be considered as an essential part of antenatal care in FMC Nguru