Racking of urinary tract infection in obstetric emergency

Abstract

Introduction: urinary tract infection (UTI) is the second most common complication in the gestational period, with a prevalence of 20%, behind only anemia. Objective: To analyze the prevalence of urinary tract infections in pregnant women attended at a public maternity hospital in Goiânia, set the frequency of contaminating urine samples and to define the most frequent agent and antibiotic of greater sensitivity and resistance in obstetric urgency.Methods: Retrospective analytical cross-sectional study conducted on pregnant women referred to Dona Iris hospital and maternity hospital from January 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. Results: The prevalence of urinary tract infections in this study is 6.3% with 55 of positive tests for UTI. The number of contaminated samples was 275, corresponding to 31.7% of all samples analyzed and the most common microorganism was Escheirichia coli in 73.1% of the cases and the most sensitive antibiotic was Gentamicin. The most resistant antibiotic was Trimethoprim + Sulfamethoxazole.It is also noticed that the ages were not statistically significant for each microorganism. Conclusion: The prevalence of urinary tract infections in this study was 6.3%. The most prevalent etiological agent was Escheirichia coli, the most sensitive antibiotic was Gentamicin and the most resistant antibiotic was the Trimethoprim + Sulfamethoxazole.