High prevalence of bacteriuria in pregnancy and its screening methods in north India

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 259-266

  Bandyopadhyay, Sutapa ^a   Thakur, J S ^a   Ray, Pallab ^a,b   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Department of Medical Microbiology ^*

Author keywords

Bacteriuria; Developing countries; Pregnancy; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROBABILITY; ROC CURVE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIURIA; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 27744568090     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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