Frequency of Gardenerlla Vaginalis among pregnant and non-pregnant women referred to Babol University of Medical Sciences clinics in 1997

• Main Authors: Z.Molana (M.Sc), K Ghazi Saeidi (PhD)
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Golestan University of Medical Sciences 2000-03-01
• Series: مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان
• Subjects: Bacterial vaginosis; Gardenerlla vaginalis; Pregnancy
• Online Access: http://goums.ac.ir/journal/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-250&slc_lang=en&sid=1

Gardenerlla Vaginalis is a tiny pleomorphic gram negative mostly isolated from secretions of females with bacteria vaginosis. The organism cause infections such as endometritis, salpingitis, urethritis and in pregnant women cause the delivery of low-birth weight babies with less than 2500 grams. This study was done as a descriptive study on 200 pregnant and non-pregnant women in 2 groups, referred to gynecology and obstetric ward of Babol University of Medical Sciences. We gathered information by questionnaires then clinical examination and sampling from posterior fornix was obtained. PH values of the samples were determined, wiff test, wet mount examination and gram staining were practiced and finally the isolated bacteria from media such as HBT, PSDA, etc were examined by proper microbiologic tests to confirm the diagnosis. In this study 24% of non-pregnant and 14% of pregnant women found to be infected with GV. In 30.7% of infected women the rate of colonization of GV was high. However detection of bacterial vaginosis by clinical diagnosis has shown an incidence of 41% in non-pregnant women and 27% in pregnant women. Meanwhile 60% of non-pregnant females had positive pop-smears for GV. It should also be noted that the rate of GV infections has found to be higher during the first trimester than the second or third. Samples from patients with bacterial vaginosis show an associated increase in the number of gram negative of variable gram reaction bacilli with a decrease in the number of lactobacilli. Thus, diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis is preferably recommended to be made using simple methods such as wet mount examination and gram-staining of vaginal discharges.