title: Gonorrhea, Trichomonas and Candida among gravid and nongravid women in cameroon.
abstract: A case-control study of 1358 pregnant and nonpregnant women with and without symptoms of a lower genital tract infection were investigated for evidence of venereal disease. The prevalence of gonorrhea, Trichomonas and Candida in pregnancy was 15.0%, 20.6% and 41.3%, respectively, while the equivalent percentages in the nonpregnant women varied from 16.5% to 21.6%, 2.4% to 22.8% and 33.3% to 39.3%. However, these differences are not statistically significant. The implications of the findings are discussed and a screening program suggested.
mesh_terms: D002163:Cameroon; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000302:isolation & purification