Distribution of Urinary Tract Infection (uti) Among Pregnant Women Attending Ante-natal Care in Lokuwa Maternity Mubi North, Adamawa State-nigeria

Urinary tract infections (UTI) during pregnancy is one of the most common public health problems worldwide, and that up to 10% of women will experience a symptomatic UTI at some time during their lifetime. E.coli is the cause of 80-85% of UTI with Staphlococcus saprophyticus being the cause in 5-10%. Urinary tract infection occur more commonly in women than men, with half having at least one infection at some point in their lives. This study aimed to assess the distribution of UTI among pregnant women attending ante-natal care at Lokuwa Maternity. A total of 100 samples were collected using simple random sampling method; 10 pregnant women were selected daily until sample size was reached. A standardized questionnaire was administered to each patient during a routine visit to the maternity that consented to obtain their socio-demographic information. Urinalysis 27-31 (45.5%) using dipstick was done following the manufacturer’s instructions. A 5µl and 10µl plates were used to inoculate urine samples on MacConkey agar and the plates were incubated for 24hrs at 37ºC. For quality control, E.coli ATCC 25922 was used as control strains. Out of 100 sample collected, 48(48.0%) were infected, and these proved its wide distribution. Age group of 17-21 years had the highest distribution of 55.0% followed by 22-26 (50.0%)respectively and no (0.00%) infection was recorded in the age group ≥ 37 (0.0%). In this study, women in their 3rd and 2nd trimester were found to have the higher incidence of UTI 78.46 % and 12.31 % respectively. However, the Chi- square analysis revealed that there was no significance difference in infection based on age group (p≥ 0.05).