Prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant women

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-166

  Khattak, Aziz Marjan ^a,b   Khattak, Salim ^b   Khan, Habibullah ^b   Ashiq, Bushra ^c   Mohammad, Dur ^d   Rafiq, Mohammad ^e  

^a Department of Pathology ^*

^b Gomal Medical College   (Pakistan)

^c JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^d JINNAH SINDH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e MO Lyari General Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic bacteriuria; Pregnant women; Urine culture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILE PERIOD; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; PAKISTAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; URINALYSIS; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33744475366     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: 1682024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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