Nobuyuki Kajiwara, Kazuyuki Hayashi, Makoto Fujiwara, Hirofumi Nakayama, Yoshikazu Ozaki
Identification of children with chronic kidney disease through school urinary screening using urinary protein/creatinine ratio measurement: an observational study
Clinical and experimental nephrology
urinary tract infections utis one common health problems worldwide mainly affect women study aimed evaluate prevalence utis pregnant women determine antimicrobial resistance patterns bacterial pathogens isolated pregnant nonpregnant women riyadh saudi arabia retrospective cohort study conducted academic medical center riyadh saudi arabia january june 2022 study included urine cultures performed adult women study period excluded urine culture performed women antibiotics prescribed infection children men using spss version 27 package descriptive statistics chisquare tests used analyze data p 005 considered indicate statistical significance total 2418 urine cultures performed study period included 985 1433 pregnant nonpregnant women respectively overall prevalence utis pregnant women 5 95 ci 3664 10 1 women symptomatic 40 4 women asymptomatic entire cohort 244 101 women diagnosed utis based bacterial cultures predominant bacteria pregnant nonpregnant women escherichia coli 134 549 followed klebsiella pneumoniae 48 196 antibiotic susceptibility criteria escherichia coli klebsiella pneumoniae follows nitrofurantoin 94 188 respectively amoxicillinclavulanic acid 828 708 respectively ciprofloxacin 657 833 respectively trimethoprimsulfamethoxazole 657 792 respectively cephalothin 47 688 respectively compared findings similar studies prevalence utis lower pregnant women may patient population composed healthy educated women received prenatal education underwent prenatal assessment per institutional guidelines nitrofurantoin amoxicillinclavulanic acid recommended use empirical therapy utis pregnant nonpregnant women bacteria least amount resistance drugs