Urinary infection in pregnancy has been a known important complication. Asyrnptomatic bacteriuria, which is rather common however, seems to be payed little -attention in obstetrical practice.
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate clinical importance of the asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy. The frequency of asymptomatic bacteriuria, it´s relationship to prematurity, toxemia and anemia during pregnancy, early detection in prenatal care, and the prognosis will be discussed. The data to be presented are based on 192, pregnant women (26-45 weeks) seen in Ewha Woman´s University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
The urine specimens were obtained by catheterization under the strict. aseptic manner, and sent to laboratory via. refrigarator. There were no over night intervals between collection and culture of the urine specimens. Possible contamination could be avoided without difficulty and the significant organisms were thoroughly evaluated by means of comparison-analysis and number of bacterias 100, 000/ml or more regarded to as bacteriuria. Pour plate method was employed for the cultures. The culture median were: pepton water, blood agar, Mac Conkey agar, mannitol salt agar, salmonella-shigella agar, sugar and methylene blue milk etc.
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