SERIOUS URINARY-TRACT INFECTIONS AND PREG NANCY

Retention of infected urine in the uppar urinary tract which is due to obstruction is a serious condition during pregnancy, The authors repo rt their experience on five cases and propose attitudes to adopt again st such emergency, Ultrasounds allow occurate diagnosis of the obstruc tion and may be helpful to find its etiology, Plain X ray film could b e of interest mainly for stone recognition after the third month of ge station, Surgical treatment, when possible allows either relief of obs truction and cure of the original disease, otherwise performance of pe rcutaneous neph rostomy represents a better way of drainage until the end of pregnancy.