The Prevalence of Asymptomatic Urinary Tract Infection and Its Relationship with Combur Strip Test Results among Pregnant Women

Sri Amelia, Dian Dwi Wahyuni, Rina Yunita, Tetty Aman Nasution

2018

Abstract

Urinary tract infection is one of the health problems among the world population including pregnant women. Several physiologic changes increase the susceptibility of pregnant women suffered from UTI. In addition, Combur strip test is one of the screening method that can directly detect urinary tract infection especially in primary clinical care setting. Combur strip results can determine the management and prevent the serious implications among high-risk patients. This study was descriptively performed using 33 cleancatch midstream urines of pregnant women. We inoculated the specimen into blood agar and McConkey agar. Combur strip test was also performed to detect any significant pH, leukocyte esterase, nitrite production, protein, and glucose. Positive significant bacteriuria was found among 16 participants (48.4%), and Klebsiella oxytoca became the most common bacteria causing UTI (18.2%) followed by Staphylococcus aureus (15.2%), and Escherichia coli (12.1%). Significant association was also evident between parity (p-value = 0.037), leukocyte esterase (p-value = 0.022), and nitrite production (p-value = 0.009) with significant bacteriuria. Susceptibility of pregnant women suffered from UTI is evident and several indicators obtained from Combur strip still become a useful method that can be used to screen UTI among pregnant women.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Amelia S., Wahyuni D., Yunita R. and Nasution T. (2018). The Prevalence of Asymptomatic Urinary Tract Infection and Its Relationship with Combur Strip Test Results among Pregnant Women.In Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR, ISBN 978-989-758-449-7, pages 481-485. DOI: 10.5220/0010075104810485

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosteerr18,
author={Sri Amelia and Dian Dwi Wahyuni and Rina Yunita and Tetty Aman Nasution},
title={The Prevalence of Asymptomatic Urinary Tract Infection and Its Relationship with Combur Strip Test Results among Pregnant Women},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,},
year={2018},
pages={481-485},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010075104810485},
isbn={978-989-758-449-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,
TI - The Prevalence of Asymptomatic Urinary Tract Infection and Its Relationship with Combur Strip Test Results among Pregnant Women
SN - 978-989-758-449-7
AU - Amelia S.
AU - Wahyuni D.
AU - Yunita R.
AU - Nasution T.
PY - 2018
SP - 481
EP - 485
DO - 10.5220/0010075104810485