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- Title
Screening and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Pregnancy Prevent Pyelonephritis.
- Authors
Gratacós, Eduard; Torres, Pere-Joan; Vila, Jordi; Alonso, Pedro L.; Cararach, Vicenç
- Abstract
Although asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of developing pyelonephritis, the effectiveness of screening programs to reduce this risk is controversial. A sharp reduction in the annual incidence of pyelonephritis (1.8% to 0.6%, P < .001) occurred after the introduction of a program to screen and treat asymptomatic bacteriuria among pregnant women followed at a large teaching hospital. The data provide retrospective and prospective evidence that screening and treatment programs for asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy reduce the risk of pyelonephritis in a population with a moderate to high prevalence of bacteriuria.
- Publication
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1994, Vol 169, Issue 6, p1390
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/infdis/169.6.1390