PREVALENCE OF ANAEROBIC-BACTERIA IN SUPRAPUBIC BLADDER ASPIRATES OBTAINED FROM PREGNANT-WOMEN

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 244  (2-3) , 260-267
Abstract
The incidence of asymptomatic bacteriuria due to aerobic, facultative anaerobic and strictly anaerobic bacteria during pregnancy was determined in 185 patients admitted for complications of pregnancy, using suprapubic bladder aspiration. Anaerobic bacterial counts of 103/ml urine or higher were detected in 6.4% of the specimens. The incidence of anaerobic bacteriuria seems comparable to that of bacteriuria due to aerobic and facultative anaerobic microorganisms. In these patients the incidence of the latter was 5.4%. The presence of anaerobic bacteria was not confined to the occurrence of a particular species. Peptostreptococcus spp., Veillonella spp., Bacteroides spp., Eubacterium spp., Clostridium spp. and Bifidobacterium spp. were isolated from specimens in concentrations of more than 103/ml. Consequences of asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy are uncertain.