[The value of determining vaginal secretion reaction (pH) as a screening test of bacterial vaginosis].
The reaction of vaginal fluid was performed in 386 women admitted to the Outpatient Clinic. In 120 (31.09%) cases pH value was more than 4.5. The frequency of abnormal results grew with the age of patients; lower percentage was observed in pregnant women, more educated ones and nulliparas. Much lower diagnostic specificity of the vaginal fluid reaction was noticed in postmenopausal women what was confirmed in the test on the presence of aromatic amines and clue cells in microscopic examination. The correct reaction (it means pH lower than 4.5) practically exclude the bacterial vaginosis.
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Oddziału Połoznictwa i Ginekologii Samodzielnego Publicznego Zespołu Opieki Zdrowotnej w Lublińcu. wiman@mediclub.pl
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Wesołek
Zygmunt
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Adrianowicz
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis; D019522:Vaginal Discharge / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis*