Bacterial profile and prevalence of urinary tract infections in pregnant women in Latin America: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Henrique Diório de Souza (Author), Giselle Rodrigues Mota Diório (Author), Stela Verzinhasse Peres (Author), Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco (Author), Marco Aurélio Knippel Galletta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Given the physiological changes during pregnancy, pregnant women are likely to develop recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) and pyelonephritis, which may result in adverse obstetric outcomes, including prematurity and low birth weight preeclampsia. However, data on UTI preva...