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The research was to determine the prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection as a cause of lower abdominal pains among antenatal women, its aetiological microorganism and define the sensitivity pattern to antibiotics.This was a cross sectional study with a sample size of one hundred and fifty antenatal women at Kenyattta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. The prevalence of urinary tract infection was found to 26.7%. The predominant bacterial pathogens were Esherichia coli at 40% folowed by Staphylococcus spp. at 25% and Klebsiellla spp. at 10%. The gram positive isolated were 100% sensitive to Amoclauvulin, cefuroxime, cefuroxime, cetriaxone, meropenem and imipenem but showed significant resistance to levofloxacin, gentamycin, nitrofurantoin, and ampicilin.

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Dr. J. Wanyoike-Gichuhi is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology faculty of medicine, College of health sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya. He has authored and co-authored 42 peer review publications and has had numerous conference presentations.

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