title: [Vaginal infections in human immunodeficiency virus-infected women].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to compare the frequency of vulvovaginitis in women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with the frequency in non-infected women.
  
  
  METHODS
  a transversal study including 64 HIV infected women and 76 non-infected ones. The frequencies of bacterial vaginosis, candidiasis and trichomoniasis, diagnosed by Amsel's criteria, culture and fresh exam, respectively, were calculated. Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test and multiple regressions to verify the independence of associations were used to analyze the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the vaginal infection was more prevalent in HIV infected patients, as compared to the control group (59.4 versus 28.9%, p<0,001; Odds Ratio=2.7, IC95%=1.33-5.83, p=0.007). Bacterial vaginosis occurred in 26.6% of the positive-HIV women; vaginal candidiasis, in 29.7% and trichomoniasis, in 12.5% of them. All the infections were significantly more frequent in the group of HIV infected women (p=0.04, 0.02 e 0.04, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  vulvovaginitis is more frequent in HIV infected women.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-graduação em Medicina e Saúde, Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paula Matos
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Rita Elizabeth
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Mascarenhas
authors.forename: Suzana Ramos
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ferrer
authors.forename: Rone Peterson Cerqueira
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Iane Erica Marques
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Travessa
authors.forename: Marques Vinícius de Castro
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Maria Fernanda Rios
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Grassi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D014848:Vulvovaginitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*