Bacteriuria of Pregnancy--A Critical Appraisal

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Abstract
Bacteriuria of pregnancy poses important problems in preventive medicine and in understanding the pathogenesis of one of the commonest groups of infections. The present status of the field is reviewed, placing particular emphasis on critical analysis of the methods used in various investigations. Bacteriuria is one of the commonest complications of pregnancy, and it delineates the population which is at risk with respect to the later development of symptomatic infection of the urinary tract, that is in many instances associated with evidence of renal invasion and functional disturbances, and that it may be related to toxemia, hypertensive disease, microvascular disease, and prematurity and perinatal death.