Gaurav S Memane

Department of Pharmacy, PES Modern College of Pharmacy, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra, India

Publications

  • Review Article   
    Pathophysiology, Etiology and Complications of UTI during Pregnancy
    Author(s): Tanvi S Madane73579*, Prerana P Kulkarni73577 and Gaurav S Memane73578

    Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) include a wide range of symptoms, such as urethritis, cystitis, prostitis and pyelonephritis. The most frequent bacterial infections are UTIs. Lower and upper UTI’s are used to categorise UTI’s. While pyelonephritis is an upper tract infection, cystitis is a lower tract infection. Significant physiologic changes to the entire urinary system occur during pregnancy and drastically influence the prevalence of UTI’s and pyelonephritis. Both symptomatic and asymptomatic forms are possible. Gram-negative bacteria are the most frequent causes of both symptomatic and acute UTI, including Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumonia, Pseudomonas areuginosa, Enterobacter and Serratia. The gold standard for the diagnosis of a urinary tract infection is quantitative culture methods. Untreated .. Read More»
    DOI: 10.31858/0975-8453.15.6.215-220

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