Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in patients with vaginal exudates indicating leucorrhoea in Havana, Cuba.
Journal Title: World Journal of Medical Images, Videos and Cases - Year 2019, Vol 5, Issue
Abstract
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) represents 60% of all vulvovaginal infections, increasing the concentration of anaerobic pathogens (Bacteroides spp.; Peptostreptococcus spp.; Gardnerella vaginalis and Mobiluncus) from 10 to 100 times, as clinical symptoms of infection present at this level. However, it is common to obtain negative results in patients with vaginal discharge, because there are no resources which allow isolation of other microorganisms of interest than those commonly reported. It's known that Gardnerella vaginalisis isolated between 98 -100% of women with BV, the main objective of this research was to determine its prevalence in patients with vaginal exudates (VE) indicatingleucorrhoea,in three hospitals of Havana -Cuba. As diagnostic criteria we used Amsel's postulates incl. the combination of clue cells, whiff test and increased pH, resulting in a significant sensitivity and specificity. The positivity of VE increased to 63% with the introduction of BV diagnostics, with a prevalence of 23%. Gardnerella vaginalis was identified as the most frequent biological agent.
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Abilio Ubaldo Rodríguez Pérez
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