Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in Thai pregnant women with preterm labor in Siriraj hospital.
OBJECTIVE
To study the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in pregnant women with preterm labor in Siriraj hospital.


METHODS
A cross-sectional study of 158 pregnant women with suspected preterm labor was performed between January and July 2005. The subjects enrolled in the present study were between 28+0 and 36+6 menstrual weeks. BV blue test was performed on the vaginal fluid collected from lower one- third of vagina.


RESULTS
The prevalence of BV in women in the preterm labor group was 25.8% compared to 14.1% in the preterm contraction group (p = 0.07).


CONCLUSIONS
Compared with preterm contractions a higher prevalence of BV was found in the pregnant women with preterm labor. Given that a quarter of pregnant women with preterm labor tested positive for BV, it might be appropriate to perform this test in the triage setting.
Thanavuth
Awassanan
A
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.
Chalermchockcharoenkit
Amphan
A
Boriboonhirunsarn
Dittakarn
D
Sirisomboon
Ratre
R
Pimol
Kanjana
K
D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000382:microbiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D013785:Thailand; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*