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Table 3 Patterns of infection among pregnant women from the Eastern region, Saudi Arabia (n = 587)

From: Patterns of infections and antimicrobial drugs’ prescribing among pregnant women in Saudi Arabia: a cross sectional study

Variables

Group

Frequency (n)

Percentage (%)

Pattern of infection

Bacterial infection

376

64.0

 

  UTIs

223

59.3

 

  URTIs

72

19.1

 

  Skin and soft-tissue infection

36

9.5

 

  Intra-abdominal infection

24

6.3

 

  LRTIs

11

2.9

 

  Eye infection

10

2.6

 

Fungal infection

203

34.5

 

Parasitic infection

4

0.6

 

Viral infection

4

0.6