Research Article

Bacteriuria in Pregnancy in a Danish Contemporary Cohort of Women

Table 1

Causative agents of bacteriuria among the 497 pregnant women with one or more episodes of bacteriuria.

Uropathogen (species)No (%)

Escherichia coli372 (49)
Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS)223 (29)
Enterococcus species75 (10)
Klebsiella pneumoniae38 (5)
Klebsiella oxytoca4 (0.5)
Enterobacter cloacae8 (1)
Enterobacter aerogenes7 (1)
Enterobacter species1 (0.1)
Staphylococcus saprophyticus9 (1)
Staphylococcus aureus7 (1)
Citrobacter koseri6 (1)
Proteus mirabilis4 (0.5)
Proteus vulgaris1(0.1)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa3 (0.4)
Serratia marcescens1(0.1)
Total759 (100)

Bacteriuria definition:  CFU per ml of a single or two microorganisms. For GBS, .