title: [Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in a group of adolescents attending a perinatal care institute].
abstract: To start an active sexual activity at an earlier age and with a larger number of partners, has arousen the frequency of sexually transmitted diseases (STS). The teenagers are a group particularly affected. The objective of this article is to report the etiology of STD in a group of teenagers, out-patients at the Instituto Nacional de Perinatologia (INPer). The study includes 1360 patients at the clinic of STD at the INPer, 8.5 percent were less than 20 years old; 18.9 percent of them had previously a STD. The most frequent pathology was cervicovaginitis and the most frequently isolated pathogens were Candida sp, Gardnerella vaginalis and Ureaplasma urealyticum. There were no cases of gonorrhea. Three patients had Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Académico numerario, Departamento de Infectología e Inmunología, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, México, D.F.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Arredondo García
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Narcio Reyes
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Casanova Román
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Figueroa Damián
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003151:Community Health Centers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*
vernacular_title: Enfermedades transmitidas sexualmente (ETS) en un grupo de adolescentes que asisten a un Instituto de Atención Perinatal.