IntrOductIOnUrinary tract infections are relatively common problems during pregnancy. The physiologic changes related to pregnancy make healthy women susceptible to complications such as asymptomatic and symptomatic urinary tract infections. The combination of mechanical, hormonal and physiologic changes during pregnancy contributes to significant changes in the urinary tract, which has a profound impact on the acquisition and natural history of bacteriuria during pregnancy [1]. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of AB among pregnant women in a tertiary care set up and analyse the contributory risk factors in these cases like maternal anaemia, preterm labour, history of previous urinary tract infection, low socioeconomic status, grand multiparity, its effects on pregnancy and evaluate the use of a chromogenic agar medium in rapid presumptive identification of commonly associated uropathogens in this clinical condition.
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