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To determine the incidence of early postpartum bacteriuria following labor and identify clinical risk factors that predispose women to this condition.

January 1, 2008The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

Labor as a bacteriuric event—assessment and risk factors

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TETamar Elram ALAyelet LivneTel Aviv University AOAvraham OrenIstanbul Medeniyet University

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Prospective cohort study observes increased incidence of bacteriuria following labor interventions in postpartum women, indicating clinical procedures elevate urinary infection risk.

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To determine the incidence of early postpartum bacteriuria following labor and identify clinical risk factors that predispose women to this condition.
Prospective study recruiting 350 parturients (N = 301 included in final analysis) with prospective collection of intrapartum management data.
Excluded women who received antibiotic therapy during delivery.
Urine cultures were collected from all participants upon admission before delivery and again prior to hospital discharge.
Urine culture positivity increased from 5.4% on admission to 12.9% at discharge (p < 0.003), with 12.7% of women with initial sterile urine acquiring bacteriuria during labor.
Risk of acquiring bacteriuria increased significantly with higher numbers of digital vaginal examinations (p = 0.04) and recurrent bladder catheterization (p = 0.05).
Longer duration of epidural anesthesia (p = 0.002) and vacuum delivery (p = 0.02) were also significantly correlated with intrapartum bacteriuria acquisition.

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Elram et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7749703da069e66cbd9529 https://doi.org/10.1080/14767050802127554

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Prospective cohort study observes increased incidence of bacteriuria following labor interventions in postpartum women, indicating clinical procedures elevate urinary infection risk.

Labor as a bacteriuric event—assessment and risk factors

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