MICROBIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF VAGINOSIS AMONG WOMEN OF THE REPRODUCTIVE AGE GROUP, WHO ATTENDED AT DMC, LAHERIASARAI, BIHAR
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Published:2020-11-01
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Page:82-85
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Container-title:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
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language:en
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Jha Neha1, Prasad R. S.2, Jha P. N.3, Jana Debarshi4
Affiliation:
1. M.B.B.S., M.D. (Microbiology),Tutor, Department of Microbiology, Darbhanga Medical College, Laheriasarai, Bihar. 2. M.B.B.S., M.D. (Microbiology), Associate Professor and Head of Department, Department of Microbiology, Darbhanga Medical College, Laheriasarai, Bihar. 3. M.B.B.S., M.D. (Microbiology), Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Darbhanga Medical College, Laheriasarai, Bihar. 4. Young Scientist (DST) Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, A.J.C. Bose Road, Kolkata- 700020, West Bengal, India
Abstract
Background: An abnormal vaginal discharge is a common complaint in women and it can be due to vaginal infections like bacterial vaginosis, candidiasis and trichomoniasis.
Aim: A descriptive cross sectional study was done at Microbiology Department, DMC, Laheriasarai, Bihar to find out the common pathogens which caused vaginosis in patients of the reproductive age group, who attended the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department at the Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital, Laheriasarai, Bihar and referred to Microbiology Department of DMC, from 1st April to 30th September, 2020.
Materials and Methods: All the 140 vaginal discharge samples were subjected to gram staining to view the morphological nature of the bacteria which caused bacterial vaginosis and gram positive, budding yeast cells, wet film for the motility of Trichomonas and Chlamydial antigen detection by ELISA.
Results: The overall positivity was 44%, which included bacterial vaginosis (36.4%). The positivity of candidiasis was 4.2%, that of trichomoniasis was 2.1% and that of chlamydiasis was 1.4%.
Conclusion: Bacterial vaginosis was found to be the commonest cause of the abnormal vaginal discharge in women of the reproductive age group.
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World Wide Journals
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