title: [Etiology of cervicovaginal infection in pregnant and non-pregnant patients].
abstract: A prospective study to evaluate the prevalence of specific microorganisms in pregnant and nonpregnant women with cervicovaginitis attended at the Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, was done; Candida sp, Gardnerella vaginalis, Replasma urealitycum, Chlamydia trachomatis, Group B Streptococcus, Trichomonas vaginalis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae were investigated. Two hundred thirty four patients were studied, 105/234 (44.9%) pregnant and 129/234 (55.1%) nonpregnant women, with a mean age of 26.5 years (range 14 to 44 years). One hundred eighty one (77.5%) women had only one sexual partner. The most common microorganisms seen were Candida sp (31.6%), Gardnerella vaginalis (27.7) and Ureaplasma urealyticum (15.8%). Infection by Chlamydia trachomatis was documented in 9.8% of the population. Trichomonas vaginalis was identified in 1.7%, there was not any case of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection. Candida sp and Ureaplasma urealyticum were founded more frequent in the pregnant women than nonpregnant women, 41.9% vs. 24.8% (p less than 0.01) and 20% vs. 12.4% (p less than 0.05) respectively. Group B Streptococci was isolated as a single agent in 4.8% in pregnant women. There were not found any pathogenic microorganisms in 29.9% of the cases, as a causal agent of symptomatic cervicovaginitis.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Narcio Reyes
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Solórzano Santos
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Arredondo García
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Calderón Jaimes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beltrán Zúñiga
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*
vernacular_title: Etiología de la infección cervicovaginal en pacientes embarazadas y no embarazadas.