Abstract

ESPINOZA ROMERO, Cristhian; DE PAULA MORALES, Kevin Rafael; ARMIJOS OVIEDO, Diana Karina  and  HEREDIA ZAPATA, Katherine Sofía. Etiología y susceptibilidad antimicrobiana de urocultivos de pacientes gestantes del cantón Rumiñahui, Ecuador. Rev Eug Esp [online]. 2022, vol.16, n.2, pp.47-54. ISSN 2661-6742.  https://doi.org/10.37135/ee.04.14.06.

Introduction: urinary tract infections (UTI)are a common complication during pregnancy, which can increase maternal and fetal morbidity. Objective: to determine the etiology and resistance profile of bacteria isolated in urine cultures of pregnant women diagnosed with UTI. Methodology: A non-experimental, descriptive and cross-sectional research was carried out. The population consisted of 124 medical records of pregnant patients treated at the Sangolquí Hospital from January 2017 to April 2018, with positive reports of urine cultures. Results: the mean age of the participants was 24.75. E. coli was isolated in 73.39% of the samples. Most of the pregnant women were between 20 and 30 years old. Conclusion: Escherichia Coli was the most observed microorganism in positive urine cultures, establishing greater susceptibility to ceftriaxone, nitrofurantoin and fosfomycin; being more resistant to cefuroxime and ampicillin.

Keywords : Pregnancy Complications; Urinary Tract Infections; Drug Resistance, Microbial.

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