title: Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in Thai pregnant women with preterm labor in Siriraj hospital.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.
authors.forename: Awassanan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thanavuth
authors.forename: Amphan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chalermchockcharoenkit
authors.forename: Dittakarn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boriboonhirunsarn
authors.forename: Ratre
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sirisomboon
authors.forename: Kanjana
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pimol
mesh_terms: 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*