%0 Journal Article %T Prevalence of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria among Pregnant Women At Damietta Governorate, Egypt %J International Journal of Medical Arts %I Al-Azhar University (Damietta), Faculty of Medicine %Z 2636-4174 %A Abd EL- Aziz, Eman Abd EL -Hady %A Elbassioune, Walaa mohamed %A Abdeltawab, Ahmed %A Morshdy, Mohamed %D 2021 %\ 07/01/2021 %V 3 %N 3 %P 1700-1707 %! Prevalence of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria among Pregnant Women At Damietta Governorate, Egypt %K asymptomatic bacteriuria %K Escherichia coli %K pregnant females %K urine culture %K bacterial count %R 10.21608/ijma.2021.78877.1321 %X Background:Asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy is a main health problem, which is related to an increased risk of    maternal and fetal morbidity.Aim of the Work:To estimate incidence of asymptomatic bacteriuria among pregnant females at Damietta Governorate, Egypt.Patients and Methods:Five hundred randomly selected pregnant females attending antenatal care units at Damietta Governorate during the period July, first, 2019 – January 31st, 2021. All participants were subjected to full history taking, complete blood count as well as urine culture and bacterial count. Result:A relatively high incidence of asymptomatic bacteriuria [13.8%] was revealed among participants in whom the most causative organism was Escherichia coli. The rate was lower among pregnant women with a high social standard and during the first trimester. Maternal age, parity, education level, or hemoglobin level, on the other hand, had no significant relationship .Conclusion: Screening of asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy must be added to routinely antenatal care investigations and doing another studies on a wider scope are recommended.  %U https://ijma.journals.ekb.eg/article_186027_b0c2e0713f934f6089c51b00bd9e2a34.pdf