Research article

Bacterial Profile and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Urinary Tract Infection among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Bivariate analysis for the assessment of factors associated with UTI among pregnant women attending ANC at HUCSH, Southern Ethiopia, from March to June 2019.

VariablesFrequency (%)UTICOR (95% CI) value
Presence (%)Absence (%)

Age in years
 16–20172 (58.1)11 (6.4)161 (93.6)0.376 (0.074–1.910)0.238
 21–25111 (37.5)10 (9.0)101 (91.0)0.545 (0.106–2.809)0.468
 ≥2613 (4.4)2 (16.7)11 (83.3)1

Residence
 Urban213 (72.0)21 (9.9)192 (90.1)4.430 (1.015–19.33)0.048
 Rural83 (28.0)2 (2.4)81 (97.6)1

Educational status
 Read and Write49 (16.6)1 (2.0)48 (98.0)1
 Elementary97 (32.8)7 (7.2)90 (92.8)0.127 (0.016–1.016)0.052
 High school72 (24.3)4 (5.6)68 (94.4)0.474 (0.174–1.286)0.143
 Higher education78 (26.4)11 (14.1)67 (85.9)0.358 (0.109–1.181)0.092

Occupation
 Housewife125 (42.2)6 (5.6)101 (94.4)1
 Merchant89 (30.1)11 (13.1)73 (86.9)1.723 (0.199–14.892)0.621
 Government employee48 (16.2)5 (6.7)70 (93.3)4.370 (0.540–35.395)0.167
 Others34 (11.5)1 (3.3)29 (96.7)2.071 (0.232–18.513)0.515

Monthly income (Birr)
 ≤50064 (21.6)3 (6.0)47 (94.0)1
 501–1000132 (44.6)8 (7.4)100 (92.6)1.253 (0.318–4.939)0.747
 1001–150073 (24.7)6 (11.8)45 (88.2)2.089 (0.492–8.860)0.318
 >=150127 (9.1)6 (6.9)81 (93.1)1.160 (0.277–4.8)0.839

Flank pain
 Presence43 (14.5)3 (7.0)40 (93.0)1
 Absence253 (85.5)20 (7.9)233 (92.1)1.144 (0.325–4.031)0.834

Dysuria
 Presence32 (10.8)1 (3.1)31 (96.9)1
 Absence264 (89.2)22 (8.3)242 (91.7)0.355 (0.046–2.725)0.319

Urgency of urination
 Presence59 (19.9)5 (8.5)54 (91.5)1
 Absence237 (80.1)18 (7.6)219 (92.4)1.127 (0.400–3.170)0.821

Suprapubic pain
 Presence39 (13.2)4 (10.3)35 (89.7)1
 Absence257 (86.8)19 (7.4)238 (92.6)1.432 (0.460–4.45)0.536

Hematuria
 Presence166 (56.1)14 (8.4)152 (91.6)1.238 (0.518–2.958)0.630
 Absence130 (43.9)9 (6.9)121 (93.1)1

History of UTI
 Presence27 (9.1)3 (11.1)24 (88.9)1
 Absence269 (90.9)20 (7.4)249 (92.6)1.556 (0.431–5.618)0.500

History of catheterization
 Presence9 (3.0)2 (22.2)7 (77.8)1
 Absence287 (97.0)21 (7.3)266 (92.7)3.619 (0.707–18.528)0.123

Current symptoms
 Presence42 (14.2)3 (7.1)39 (92.9)1
 Absence254 (85.8)20 (7.9)234 (92.1)900 (0.255–3.173)0.870

Gravidity
 1st89 (30.1)8 (9.0)81 (91.0)1.333 (0.267–6.667)0.726
 2nd104 (35.1)6 (5.8)98 (94.2)0.827 (0.158–4.330)0.822
 3rd74 (25.0)7 (9.5)67 (90.5)1.410 (0.275–7.226)0.680
 ≥4th29 (9.8)2 (6.9)27 (93.1)1

Gestational age
 1st trimester53 (17.9)4 (7.5)49 (92.5)1
 2nd trimester106 (35.8)8 (7.5)98 (92.5)0.935 (0.284–3.077)0.891
 3rd trimester137 (46.3)11 (8.0)126 (92.0)0.935 (0.362–2.413)0.890

History of diabetes status
 Presence16 (5.4)1 (6.2)15 (93.8)1
 Absence235 (79.4)18 (7.7)217 (92.3)0.683 (0.071–6.612)0.742
 Unknown45 (15.2)4 (8.9)41 (91.1)0.850 (0.274–2.642)0.779

Renal problem
 Presence26 (8.8)2 (7.7)24 (92.3)1
 Absence270 (91.2)21 (7.8)249 (92.2)1.012 (0.224–4.580)0.988

Gynaecological surgery
 Presence46 (15.5)2 (4.3)44 (95.7)1
 Absence250 (84.5)21 (8.4)229 (91.6)2.017 (0.457–8.915)0.355

Prolonged antibiotic therapy
 Presence68 (23.0)5 (7.4)63 (92.6)1
 Absence228 (77.0)18 (7.9)210 (92.1)1.080 (0.386–3.025)0.884

Previous use of antibiotics
 Yes31 (10.5)1 (3.2)30 (96.8)1
 No265 (89.5)22 (8.3)243 (91.7)2.716 (0.353–20.880)0.337

Parity
 Nulliparous89 (30.1)8 (9.0)81 (91.0)1
 Primiparous99 (33.4)5 (5.1)94 (94.9)0.968 (0.365–2.566)0.948
 Multipara108 (36.5)10 (9.3)98 (90.7)0.521 (0.172–1.582)0.250