%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalencia y factores asociados a la infecci¨®n Por C. trachomatis, N. gonorrheae, t. vaginalis, C. albicans, s¨ªfilis, VIH y vaginosis bacteriana en mujeres con s¨ªntomas de infecci¨®n vaginal en tres sitios de atenci¨®n de Bogot¨¢, Colombia, 2010
%A ¨¢ngel-M¨¹ller
%A Edith
%A Rodr¨ªguez
%A Andrea
%A N¨²£¿ez-Forero
%A Lilian M
%A Moyano
%A Luisa F
%A Gonz¨¢lez
%A Patricia
%A Osorio
%A Elkin
%A D¨ªaz
%A Luz A
%A Rodr¨ªguez-Malag¨®n
%A Nelcy
%A Ruiz-Parra
%A Ariel I
%A Tolosa
%A Jorge E
%A Gait¨¢n-Duarte
%A Hernando
%J Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecolog¨ªa
%D 2012
%I Federaci¨®n Colombiana de Asociaciones de Obstetricia y Ginecolog¨ªa
%X objective: determining the prevalence and aetiology of sexually-transmitted infections and endogenous infections in women of childbearing age having lower genital tract infection symptoms and describing the pertinent risk factors. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out at three outpatient healthcare centres in bogot¨¢, colombia. etiologic diagnosis was made using nugent¡¯s criteria for bacterial vaginosis, blood agar culture for candida and wet mount for t. vaginalis. the in-pouch culture technique was used for t. vaginalis, the polymerase chain reaction for c. trachomatis and n. gonorroheae and serological tests for syphilis (rpr, tpha) and hiv on a sample of the aforementioned population. results: 1,385 females were recruited in 2010. 115 (8.3%) were sex workers. an lgti was confirmed in 731 (52.7%); 560 (40.4%) had an endogenous infection and 170 (12.3%) a sexually-transmitted infection (sti). the most frequent aetiology were bacterial vaginosis (39.6%), candidiasis (11%), c. trachomatis (9.7%) and n. gonorroheae (1.4%); trichomona was detected by wet mount (0.8%) and culture (1.2%), as were syphilis (0.8%) and hiv (1 case). sex workers had a higher risk of having an sti (2.0 or; 1.2-3.3 95% ci), as were younger females (28 ¡À 7.8 cf 32 ¡À 8.9) (p = 0.001) and alcohol users (2.6 or; 1.4-4.5 95% ci). conclusions: aetiology was identified for 52.7% of the females who consulted for lower genital tract infection symptoms; bacterial vaginosis was the most common and chlamydia the most frequent sexually-transmitted infection. no specific aetiology was identified in almost the same number of females (47.3%), even when using gold-standard diagnostic technology for each microorganism.
%K sexually-transmitted disease
%K cervicitis
%K vaginitis
%K bacterial vaginosis
%K epidemiology
%K risk factor.
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