Urinary tract infections in pregnant women with bacterial vaginosis.
OBJECTIVE
Our purpose was to investigate the risk of urinary tract infections in pregnant women with bacterial vaginosis.


METHODS
In a cross-sectional study, 503 pregnant women were examined for bacterial vaginosis and urinary tract infections from July 1999 through April 2000.


RESULTS
Nineteen (13.6%) of 140 women who had bacterial vaginosis had urinary tract infections compared with 24 (6.6%) of 363 women without it. Bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy was associated with an increased risk for urinary tract infections (odds ratio 2.21, 95% CI 1.16-4.18).


CONCLUSIONS
Pregnant women with bacterial vaginosis are more likely to have urinary tract infections.
Hillebrand
Linda
L
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa 19140, USA.
Harmanli
Ozgur H
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Whiteman
Valerie
V
Khandelwal
Meena
M
D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*