Affiliation:
1. College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2. Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Abstract
In this study, we aimed to document adverse pregnancy outcomes and maternal complications among pregnant women who acquired asymptomatic bacteriuria in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We used hospital-based prospective cohort study design in which we followed 44 pregnant women with asymptomatic bacteriuria confirmed by urine culture result of ≥105cfu/ml of urine. We documented adverse pregnancy outcomes and maternal complications in terms of frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Additionally, we used Pearson’s correlation coefficient to investigate associations of selected variables with perinatal death as one of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Of the 44 pregnant women enrolled in the study, complete data was collected from 43 participants with one lost to follow-up. Six (14%) of women developed fever and were treated with antibiotic during pregnancy, 26 (60.5%) delivered with cesarean section, two (4.3%) perinatal deaths within seven days of delivery, one miscarriage, and 4 (9.3%) newborns were found underweight. The mean birth weight of the newborns was
. Almost half 21(48.8%) were born before 37 weeks of gestational age. Fourteen (32.6%) of newborns were born asphyxiated. Twenty-two (51.2%) of newborns developed early neonatal fever within 48 hours of delivery and treated with antibiotic. Correlation coefficient analysis revealed that weight and gestational age of newborns at birth, Apgar score at 1st and 5th minutes of birth and miscarriage were positively correlated and significantly associated with perinatal death. The occurrence of unsought pregnancy outcomes were frequent, and substantial number of pregnant women developed maternal complications. Therefore, screening pregnant women for asymptomatic bacteriuria and treating may reduce the possible maternal complications and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Subject
General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine
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