Friday, 6 November 2015

UTI in pregnancy

 Atiqah ZB: Dr. Nk tnye...why pregnant women prone to get uti?

 Dr Shaiful Ehsan: Pregnant woman is considered on low immune state...
Plus woman is easier to get uti due to anatomical ascending infection....
Plus stasis of urinary tract pathway...
Therefore they common develop ASYMPTOMATIC bacteriuria...

Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy need to be treated....
But if not pregnant...no need to treat asymptomatic bacteriuria...

πŸ“πŸ“πŸ“πŸ“πŸ“πŸ“πŸ“πŸ“πŸ“πŸ“

Afif: Causal microbs of uti:
(KEEPS)
Klebsiella
E. Coli
Enterococcus
Proteus
S.saprophyticus

Dr Shaiful Ehsan: πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»
S. saprophyticus especially in newly married couple...

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