Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and its risk factors in HIV/AIDS patients with abnormal vaginal discharge

作     者：Samuel Nwadioha Daniel Egah Edmond Banwat Julie Egesie Ifeanyi Onwuezobe 

作者机构：Medical Microbiology DepartmentCollege of Health SciencesBenue State UniversityMakurdi Medical Microbiology DepartmentJos University Teaching HospitalJos Haematology DepartmentJos University Teaching HospitalJos 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》 (亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2011年第4卷第2期

页      面：156-158页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100211[医学-妇产科学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Bacterial vaginosis HIV/AIDS Microscopy Culture Sensitivity 

摘      要：Objective:To determine the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in the HIV/AIDS patients of primary health care clinics in Jos Plateau state,***:Female genital swabs were collected from primary health care centers,Jos and analyzed by microscopy,culture,*** Jos University Teaching Hospital from December 2006 to December *** on epidemiologic indices were collected,using structured interviewer-administered ***: The incidence of bacterial vaginosis in the study was 28%(n=196/700).Among the HIV/AIDS group,the bacterial vaginosis incidence was 36%(n=126/350),while in the control(non-HIV patients) group,the rate was 20%(70/350) with a statistically significant difference at 95 percent confidence level(P0.05).HIV/AIDS and non-HIV(control) patients contributed 64%(n=126/196) and 36%(n=70/196),*** risks to bacterial vaginosis included vaginal douching with disinfectant/detergent constituted(60%),poor use of condom 40%,a median age of 26 years,and a median number of 3 sex partners per ***:There was a significant statistical difference in prevalence of bacterial vaginosis between the HIV/AIDS group and non-HIV(control) group of patients in the *** behaviors that promote the incidence of bacterial vaginosis should be especially paid attention.