Cervicovaginal Infections During Third Trimester of Pregnancy

Objective: This study was conducted in order to assess the prevalence of different cervicovaginalinfections during pregnancy.Materials and methods:Totally 110 healthy pregnant women with complaints of vaginal symptoms intheir third trimester of pregnancy were checked for vaginal candidiasis,bacterial vaginosis, vaginaltrichomoniasis, streptococcus β hemoliticus,gonorrhea, syphilis, and infection by chlamydia trachomatisand HIV.Results:Among 110 studied women and mostly nullipara, the mean age was 25.2 years. All of them hadat least one symptom including discharge,itching or burning of vagina. Among them 39(35.5%) hadvaginal and endocervical infection identified by laboratory tests including candidiasis 26.4%, bacterialvaginosis 8% and streptococcus β hemoliticus 5.3 %. Gonorrhea and trichomoniasis were not seen.Three of the patients had positive IgG antibody for chlamydia trachomatis. None of them had serologicalpositive test for syphilis and HIV.Conclusion: Symptomatic pregnant women need to be actively searched for infections. Besidesspeculum examination as an easy to carry out clinical test and if needed laboratory exams must be usedto choose the best treatment.