Incidence of bacterial vaginosis in patients with idiopathic preterm labour

Autor:	Bijeta Bijeta, Shreshtha Singh
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Vaginal discharge medicine.medical_specialty Neonatal sepsis Obstetrics business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Jaundice medicine.disease law.invention Low birth weight Gram staining Obstetrics and gynaecology law medicine medicine.symptom Bacterial vaginosis business
Zdroj:	International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology. :641-646
ISSN:	2320-1770
DOI:	10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20150066
Popis:	Background: The objectives of this study were to find the incidence of bacterial vaginosis in patients with idiopathic preterm labour and to assess maternal and fetal outcome. Methods: The study was carried out in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Patna Medical College, Patna from September 2011 to September 2013.Study was done in 100 pregnant women. 50 patients were cases and 50 were control. Cases were patients admitted with idiopathic preterm labour and controls were patients admitted with term pregnancy. A thorough general, systemic and obstetrical examination was done. Speculum examination was done to exclude leaking and to note the type of discharge which was collected for the pH estimation, amine testing and for making a smear for gram staining. Diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis was confirmed on the basis of Nugent criteria. Maternal and fetal outcome was assessed. Results: The incidence of bacterial vaginosis in patients with idiopathic preterm labour was 30 percent. Bacterial vaginosis was significantly (P
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