Abstract

ALVAREZ SANCHEZ, Aleida Zaida; RIVERO LLONCH, Lucila; MARTINEZ MURGUIA, Josefina  and  ALVAREZ PONCE, Vivian. Infection in the cervical factor and its relation with infertility. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2004, vol.30, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3062.

The current concepts attribute a function of biological valve to the cervix uteri that in certain moments of the reproductive cycle allows the introduction of the spermatozoid into the uterus and, in others, doesn't. The role of infections in infertility has not been completely defined. A longitudinal retrospective study of 1 020 patients was conducted at the Gynecoobstetric Teaching Hospital of Guanabacoa from January 2001, to June, 2002, aimed at assessing the possible causes of infertility, starting from the study of the cervical factor. The objective of this paper was to determine how the infection of the cervical mocus influences on the infertility cases. In 121 patients (11.1 %), the cause was just the cervical factor. In the microbiological study, it was attained 41 % of positivity and the most frequently isolated germs were E. Coli (36 %), coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (22,4 %) and coagulase-positive Staphylococcus (10 %). 30 % of pregnancies were obtained after treatment with antibiotics, and 16 % more after treatment with antibiotics plus homologous insemination.

Keywords : Infection; cervical factor; infertility.