ArticleGlobal advances in health and medicine2013
Urinary tract infection as a preventable cause of pregnancy complications: opportunities, challenges, and a global call to action.
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- Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection and Its Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.BioMed research international · 2021Pooled it
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- Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients with Urosepsis and Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections-A Retrospective Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Adapting the preterm birth phenotyping framework to a low-resource, rural setting and applying it to births from Migori County in western Kenya.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Observational
- Multidrug Resistance Urinary Tract Infection in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: An Observational Study.Cureus · 2023Article
- Microbiota Ecosystem in Recurrent Cystitis and the Immunological Microenvironment of Urothelium.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Urinary Tract Infection and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Receiving Antenatal Care at a Primary Health Care Facility in the Northern Region of Ghana.International journal of microbiology · 2023Article
- Prevalence, Clinico-Bacteriological Profile, and Antibiotic Resistance of Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infections in Pregnant Women.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- Common maternal infections during pregnancy and childhood leukaemia in the offspring: findings from six international birth cohorts.International journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Enhancing Nutrition and Antenatal Infection Treatment (ENAT) study: protocol of a pragmatic clinical effectiveness study to improve birth outcomes in Ethiopia.BMJ paediatrics open · 2022Article
- Pregnancy Interventions to Improve Birth Outcomes: What Are the Effects on Maternal Outcomes? A Scoping Review.International journal of public health · 2022Article
- Maternal Diet, Infection, and Risk of Cord Blood Inflammation in the Bangladesh Projahnmo Pregnancy Cohort.Nutrients · 2021Article
- The global burden and trends of maternal sepsis and other maternal infections in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility pattern and associated risk factors for urinary tract infections in pregnant women attending ANC in some integrated health centers in the Buea Health District.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
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Abstract
The urinary tract is a common site of infection in humans. During pregnancy, urinary tract infection (UTI) is associated with increased risks of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality, even when the infection is asymptomatic. By mapping available rates of UTI in pregnancy across different populations, we emphasize this as a problem of global significance. Many countries with high rates of preterm birth and neonatal mortality also have rates of UTI in pregnancy that exceed rates seen in more developed countries. A global analysis of the etiologies of UTI revealed familiar culprits as well as emerging threats. Screening and treatment of UTI have improved birth outcomes in several more developed countries and would likely improve maternal and neonatal health worldwide. However, challenges of implementation in resource-poor settings must be overcome. We review the nature of the barriers occurring at each step of the screening and treatment pipeline and highlight steps necessary to overcome these obstacles. It is our hope that the information compiled here will increase awareness of the global significance of UTI in maternal and neonatal health and embolden governments, nongovernmental organizations, and researchers to do their part to make urine screening and UTI treatment a reality for all pregnant women.
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