Frequency and risk factors of asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 273-275

  Naheed, Fatima ^a,b   Shabnum, Ishrat ^a  

^a QUAID E AZAM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic bacteriuria; Pregnancy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIURIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL AGE; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33745323781     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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