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FERREIRA, Fidel Ernesto; OLAYA, Sandra Ximena; ZUNIGA, Pedro  y  ANGULO, Mónica. Urinary infection during pregnancy: a profile of resistance to treatment in the General Hospital in Neiva, Colombia. Rev Colomb Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2005, vol.56, n.3, pp.239-243. ISSN 0034-7434.

Urinary tract infections are frequent during pregnancy. Escherichia coli is the most common pathogen, followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae, different types of Enterobacter, Streptococcus and Staphylococcus. Ampicillin has been used as first choice antibiotic, but there is high bacterial resistance to it. Objective: to determine the level of resistance to antibiotics of the germs most frequently involved in urinary tract infection during pregnancy. Methodology: results of urine cultures and antibiotic sensitivity studies performed on pregnant women in a period of 15 months from January 2004 to April 2005 were revised. Results: a total of 45 patients had positive urine cultures. Escherichia coli was the pathogen more frequently found (64% of the cultures), followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae. The resistance of Escherichia coli to ampicillin was 82% and to gentamicin 3%.

Palabras clave : urinary tract infections; pregnancy; resistance; ampicillin; Colombia.

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