Screening of ante-natal women for asymptomatic bacteriuria, should it be made universal?
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Screening of ante-natal women for asymptomatic bacteriuria, should it be made universal?
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It is of common knowledge that asymptomatic bacteriuria(ABU) has a higher incidence in pregnant women and poses a significant risk both to the mother and child in terms of clinical outcomes. The US pr
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posted at 23/10/2012 5:54 PM BST
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It is of common knowledge that asymptomatic bacteriuria(ABU) has a higher incidence in pregnant women and poses a significant risk both to the mother and child in terms of clinical outcomes. The US preventive services task force mandates compulsory screening of all ante-natal women for ABU at 12-16 weeks of gestation or at their first ante-natal visit. However, in several developing countries like India, this has not been made mandatory. This is mostly due to the high costing of urine cultures which is the gold standard method for detecting ABU. Several screening tests have also been devised, namely Leukocyte esterase test, Dip-stick test etc. but none of them have proven to be either equal to or better than the urine culture method. In the present scenario, should ABU screening be made universal for ante-natal women (especially in the developing nations)? |
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