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
