2018, Number S1
Diagnosis and prevalence of vaginal infections in the General Hospital of Huambo, Angola
Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 306-309
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ABSTRACT
Objective: to determine the prevalence of vaginal infections in women with or without gynecological symptoms who attended the Gynecology Consultation of the General Hospital of Huambo.Method: cross-sectional descriptive study conducted from November 2011 to May 2012 on 493 vaginal exudates obtained from 172 pregnant women without symptoms and 321 non-pregnant women, with gynecological symptoms. All were sampled for vaginal secretion for direct microscopic examination with saline solution, Gram stain and culture on Sabouraud agar. With the applied methods pH was measured, amine test, observation of “guide cells”, presence of Trichomonas vaginalis, yeast and hyphae were performed.
Results: within the total of processed samples (493), there were 354 positive (67.2%) and 139 negative (32.8%). In both groups, the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (79.8%) predominated, followed by infections by T. vaginalis, diagnosed in 110 women (34.2%) and Candida spp. in 35 (20.3%).
Conclusions: this work shows a prevalence of vaginal infection in symptomatic pregnant women. The importance of diagnostic confirmation through simple laboratory methods is demonstrated.
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