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    Prevalencia de infección del tracto urinario en mujeres embarazadas que asisten al control prenatal del Subcentro de Salud Carlos Elizalde
    (2014) Rodríguez Arce, Roberto Antonio; Salgado Morejón, Fernando Vinicio; Jerves Andrade, María de Lourdes
    Urinary tract infection (UTI), occurs when bacteria enters the bladder or kidney and multiplies in the urine. There are three types of distinguished UTI: cystitis, pyelonephritis and Asymptomatic bacteriuria which usually occurs when there are no previous symptoms. This study was conducted in the Health Subcenter Carlos Elizalde, located in Baños, Cuenca - Ecuador. The study population consisted of 200 women in gestation, who were attended in prenatal care and met the criteria for exclusion. Found that 22.5 % of patients had UTI, be the main causal agent Escherichia coli (E. coli) with 71.11 %, second Enterobacteragglomerans (11.1 % ), followed by Klebsiellaozaenae(8.8 % ), Enterococcus faecalissmaller percentage (4.4 % ), Citrobacterdiversus and finally Streptococcus agalactie with 2.2 % each. The susceptibility to antibiotics used in the case of E. coli , 40 % were ampicillin sensitive; ampicillin + sulbactam sensitive 93.33 %; amoxicillin + clavulanic acid, 70 % sensitive and 20 % intermediate sensitivity; for the case of cephalothin, 66.67 % of sensitivity and 20 % of intermediate sensitivity; finally nitrofurantoin was 100 % sensitive It concluded that the most prevalent pathogen and causative agent of UTI was E. coli and the treatment choice suggested in the gestation period is ampicillin + sulbactam.