[Urinary infections in gyneco-obstetrical practice at DAKAR U.H.C]

This prospective study seeks to define the epidemiological, clinical and biological boundaries of the danger of urinary infection in women, with a view to facilitating therapy where bacteriological competition is absent. 238 samples taken over a 4 month period revealed 57 bacteriologically positive, i.e. 24%. Urinary infection is particularly associated with women in their 30s, poor, and from a low socio-economic class, with little urinary history. Risk increases for pregnant women during the second quarter. Typical, classical symptoms, each for what it is worth, are to be found in over 75% of the positive samples. The most common germs are enterobacteria particularly sensitive to quinolones, aminosides and 3rd generation cephalosporines.