Urinary tract infections in pregnancy in a rural population of Bangladesh: population-based prevalence, risk factors, etiology, and antibiotic resistance.
Anne C C LeeLuke C MullanyAlain K KoffiIftekhar RafiqullahRasheda KhanamLian V FolgerMahmoodur RahmanDipak K MitraAlain LabriqueParul ChristianJamal UddinParvez AhmedSalahuddin AhmedArif MahmudSushil K DasGuptaNazma BegumMohammad A QuaiyumSamir K SahaAbdullah H BaquiPublished in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth (2019)
In Sylhet, Bangladesh, one in 11 women had a UTI in pregnancy, and approximately half of cases were asymptomatic. There is a need for low-cost and accurate methods for UTI screening in pregnancy and efforts to address increasing rates of antibiotic resistance in LMIC.