Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
Year : 2019, Volume : 10, Issue : 4
First page : ( 974) Last page : ( 979)
Print ISSN : 0976-0245. Online ISSN : 0976-5506.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-5506.2019.00834.9

The Relationship between Asymptomatic Urinary Tract Infections in Pregnant Women with Preterm Labor in RSKD IA Siti Fatimah Makassar

Dahniar¹, Nurasni St.¹, Idris Irfan¹

¹Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Km.10, Makassar, 90245. Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia

Online published on 30 April, 2019.

Abstract

Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is the growth of microorganisms in the urinary tract that is not normally contains bacteria, viruses or other microorganisms. Urinary tract infection is an infection that often occurs in pregnancy which is around 4–10%. This study aimed to assess the association between asymptomatic urinary tract infections in pregnant women with preterm labor. This research method is quantitative research with cross sectional. Sampling using purposive sampling as many as 28 respondents to preterm labor with gestational age <37 weeks in the delivery room RSKD IA Siti Fatimah Makassar. The results of the study indicated that there were 28 babies born prematurely in RSKD IA Siti Fatimah Makassar. 8 (26.6%) premature infants were born with asymptomatic urinary tract infection and 20 (71.4%) of premature infants did not experience urinary tract infection. The weight of mothers who experience asymptomatic urinary tract infection had significant relationship (p = 0.03) compared to the weight of women who did not have urinary tract infection, while the average weight of infants was lower among mothers with asymptomatic urinary tract infection in comparison to the baby weight of mothers who did not experience UTI has no significant difference (p = 0.195). in conclusion there are 8 (28.6%) of preterm birth with asymptomatic urinary tract infection in RSKD IA Siti Fatimah Makassar in 2016 and is generally caused by the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae.

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Keywords

Bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae, infant, premature delivery, urinary tract infections.

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