title: [Frequency of vaginal infections in pregnant women in the Department of Perinatology and Gynaecology in Zabrze].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The analysis of vaginal infections in pregnant women admitted to the Department of Perinatology and Gynaecology in Zabrze, from January 2001 to September 2003.
  
  
  METHODS
  They were screened for BV, candidiasis and trichomoniasis. 450 pregnant women (the age of pregnancy 25 +/- 9 weeks gestation) were examined for the presence of these microorganisms in the vagina. Diagnosis was based on symptoms, pH measurement and microscopic examination of the vaginal discharge.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most common vaginal infection was candidiasis--188 (42%), 86 (19 %) women had BV, 17 (4%) Trichomonas vaginalis and 159 (35%) patients had normal vaginal flora.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Perinatologii i Ginekologii w Zabrzu, SlAM, Katowicach. patpregr@slam.katowice.pl
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kaźmierczak
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wnek
authors.forename: Kazimierz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamiński
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002181:Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000592:standards*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D019522:Vaginal Discharge / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000592:standards; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*