Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy

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Background

  • Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy increases risk of pyelonephritis and subsequent low birth weight infants
  • Benefits are uncertain, especially in a high-resource setting with ready diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic infections

Management

  • Women are screened with urine culture once in first trimester around 12 to 16 weeks and treated if positive