ABSTRACT The prognostic significance of asymptomatic bacteriuria resides in the observation that the prevalence is, relatively, high
in persons with certain medical conditions, such as diabetes mellitus and pregnancy. This prevalence might, even, be
higher in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Hence, this study set out to determine the prevalence
of asymptomatic bacteriuria among symptom free and newly enrolled HIV infected pregnant women attending PMTCT
unit of Antiretroviral Clinic of University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria between 1st May and 30th September 2007.
Information was obtained on the socio-demographic characteristics of the subjects, CD4 count and viral load. Microbial
culture was carried out on aseptically collected urines from the patients. Statistical analysis was done with SPSS 12
package. There were 161 analyzable samples from the participants. The mean age and gestational age at presentation
of participants was 30.49 ± 4.3 years and 27.3 ± 3.2 weeks, respectively with modal parity of 2. Twenty-five (15.5%) of the
urine samples significantly grew bacteria. The CD4 cells were significantly lower and the viral loads significantly higher
(250.52 vs. 355.57 cells/mm3; 88,731 vs. 55,384 copies/ml; p =
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Awolude, Olutosin . "Asymptomatic bacteriuria among HIV positive pregnant women" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 28, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-among-hiv-positive-pregnant-women