title: Urinary tract infection during pregnancy: its association with maternal morbidity and perinatal outcome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The effects of antepartum urinary tract infection on adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes were examined. Antepartum urinary tract infection has been previously implicated as a risk factor for numerous outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Crude and multivariable analyses were performed with a perinatal registry cohort of 25,746 mother/infant pairs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Elevated risks were observed for exposure to urinary tract infection and low birthweight, prematurity, preterm low birthweight, premature labor, hypertension/preeclampsia, maternal anemia, and amnionitis. Urinary tract infection was associated with perinatal death only among subjects 20 to 29 years of age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings underscore the importance of antepartum urine screening to identify patients at risk for adverse outcomes.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago 60680.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Schieve
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Handler
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hershow
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Persky
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000209:etiology; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications*