title: Prevalence of vulvovaginitis and bacterial vaginosis in patients with koilocytosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Empirical discussion regarding an association between koilocytosis and vulvovaginitis often occurs. Thus, the objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of microorganisms associated with bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginitis in women with and without koilocytosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analytical cross-sectional study including two cohorts of women (with and without koilocytosis) who attended a cancer hospital in the city of Goiânia, state of Goiás.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 102 patients entered the study. The whiff test, Gram and Papanicolaou staining and bacterial and fungal culturing were performed. The results were observed using univariate analysis. The odds ratio and confidence interval (CI) of the variables were calculated; P-values < 0.05 were considered significant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of bacterial colonization was similar in patients with and without koilocytosis. The odds ratio for candidiasis was 1.43 (CI 1.05-1.95) and the odds ratio for trichomoniasis was 1.78 (CI 1.49-2.12), in patients with koilocytosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of candidiasis and trichomoniasis seems to be higher in patients with koilocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Breast and Gynecology Service, Hospital Araújo Jorge, Associação de Combate ao Câncer em Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Claudia Camargo
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Ruffo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Freitas-Junior
authors.forename: Luiz Fernando Jubé
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Régis Resende
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Paulinelli
authors.forename: Cleomenes
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D014848:Vulvovaginitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D055815:Young Adult