title: Genitourinary infection prevalence among women who used an intrauterine device or oral contraceptives.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study aimed at investigating genitourinary infection prevalence among women who used an intrauterine device (IUD) and oral contraceptives (OC) in relation with their socio-demographic characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted at the Mother and Child Health and Family Planning center between October 2011 and February 2012 and included 81 women who used IUD, 84 who used OC, and 84 who did not use artificial contraceptive methods (coitus interruptus).
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was found that there was a difference between the three groups in terms of urinary system infection (X (2) = 9.85, p = 0.000) and genital infection (X (2) = 8.29, p = 0.001). It was also observed that urinary infection was more common in the OC group, whereas genital infection was more common in the IUD group. In urinary culture, it was seen that Enterobacter species was the most common microorganism among the group who used an IUD, while Escherichia coli was the most common microorganism in the group who used OC and the control. In vaginal cultures, Candida albicans was determined to be the first isolated microorganism among the group who used OC, IUD, and the control.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is believed that the most significant reason for genitourinary infections among women was inadequate hygiene practices rather than use of different contraception methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Karadeniz Teknik University, 61080, Trabzon, Turkey, cdemirbag@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Birsel Canan
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Demirbag
authors.forename: Iftihar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Köksal
authors.forename: Selçuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaya
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007434:Intrauterine Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D060737:Reproductive Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral