Vaginosis bacteriana: aspectos colposcópicos

objective: to determine through of amsel？s criteria, the presence of bacterial vaginosis in patients and to define the colposcopic aspects most frequent of this pathology. method: a descriptive and transverse study was carried out on 65 women with bacterial vaginosis in the period 2003 - 2004, using colposcopic evaluation. setting: department of obstetrics and gynecology, university hospital "antonio patricio de alcalá", cumaná, sucre, venezuela. results: to demonstrate that to the colposcopic evaluation of bacterial vaginosis the most frequent was colpitis red diffuse points, with vascular standard; simple capillary and the lugol tests irregular mahogany with 82 % (p< 0,05), statistically significantl conclusion: colposcopic aspect of bacterial vaginosis with a vascular standard of simple capillary was colpitis red diffuse points and lugol test irregular mahogany.