a comparison of a single-dose and a seven-day treatment with amoxicillin in asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy

in this study, 1600 pregnant women who had referred to two prenatal clinics (imam khomeini and mirza kochek-khan) were investigated. ninety cases of asymptomatic bacteriuria were observed 77 of those cooperated with us until the end of our study. the subjects, who were within the 14-36 weeks of gestational age, were randomly divided into two groups: group a received the medicine (amoxicillin) in a single-dose (3gr.) and, group b received it within seven days (1gr. tds). the rate of recovery (65% in group a and 56.8% in group b), based on chi-squared test, showed no significant difference (p=0.747%). according to the results of this study, we can conclude that single-dose treatment has the same value as a seven-day treatment and the advantages such as decreased total dose, lower cost, and a better patient compliance.