Abstract: A dipstick urinalysis screening was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of some analytes among pregnant women who presented with asymptomatic bacteriuria and to set up a more effective screening program for them. Four hundred and thirty eight (438) urine samples from pregnant women were collected from attendees of a tertiary hospital in Makurdi, the Benue State capital of Central Nigeria between September 2014 and April of 2015.The urine samples were screened for the presence of ten (10) analytes indicated on the urianalysis dipstick. Different bacteria species using standard cultural and biochemical procedures showed a total of 277 (63.2%) having levels of bacteria indicative of asymptomatic bacteriuria comprising of Escherichia coli 87 (31.4%), Staphylococcus spp 60 (21.7%), Proteus spp 34(12.3%), Klebsiellaspp 31 (11.2%), Pseudomonas spp 28 (10.1%), Enterobacter spp 22 (7.9%), Streptococcus spp 10 (3.6%), Corynebacteria spp 3(1.1%) and Serratia spp 2(0.7%). From the urinalysis dipstick a total of 48(10.9%) of the pregnant women tested positive to any one of the ten chemical analytes studied. Fifteen, 15(31.3%) of the subjects had glycosuria, ketone was detected in 10(20.8%) and leukocytes in 5(10.4%) while those having urobilinogen and haematuria both recorded 2(4.2%). The findings affirm the fact that asymptomatic pregnant women harbor bacteria in their urinary tract which could predispose them to pyelonephritis relating to negative outcomes for both mother and child.
Keywords: Dipstick, Asymptomatic, Bacteriuria, analytes, Central Nigeria.
Title: DIPSTICK URINE ANALYSIS SCREENING AMONG ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIC PREGNANT WOMEN IN MAKURDI, CENTRAL NIGERIA
Author: Aernan, P.T
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-3148 (online), ISSN 2348-313X (Print)
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