Abstract

GONZALEZ-PEDRAZA AVILES, Alberto; ORTIZ ZARAGOZA, Catalina; DAVILA MENDOZA, Rocío  and  VALENCIA GOMEZ, Claudia Martha. Most frequent cervicovaginal infections: prevalence and risk factors. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2007, vol.33, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3062.

The vaginal microflora is an important host’s defense mechanism; however, there are some risk factors that alter its ecological balance, giving rise to cervicovaginal infections. The objective of this paper was to recognize the host’s factors associated with the presence of four infectious processes at this level: vaginitis due to Candida spp, Eschericia coli, bacterial vaginosis and cervicitis caused by Ureaplasma spp. 440 women were divided into three study groups: 90 pregnant women, 295 nonpregnant fertile women, and 55 menopausal women. All of them were taken Pap smears from the cervix and the vagina that were innoculated in the routine media. The association between the infectious processes and the risk factors was attained by using the chi square test with  a confidence interval of 95 %. For the patients of groups 1 and 2, bacterial vaginosis was mainly associated with sexual behavior factors, whereas Escherichia coli was associated with factors that imply hormonal changes.

Keywords : Risk factors; bacterial vaginosis; vaginal flora; vaginal candidiasis.

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