Bacterial vaginosis in climacteric and menopausal women
| Autor: | David Taylor-Robinson, Ronald F. Lamont, J Pitkin, M McCaffrey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Dermatology Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Medicine Pharmacology (medical) Medical history Prospective Studies Risk factor Climacteric Demography Gynecology Bacteria Staining and Labeling business.industry Vaginal flora Incidence Coitus Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Vaginosis Bacterial medicine.disease Menopause Contraception Sexual Partners Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure England Vagina Female Vaginal atrophy Atrophy Bacterial vaginosis business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of STD & AIDS. 13:449-452 |
| ISSN: | 1758-1052 0956-4624 |
| DOI: | 10.1258/09564620260079581 |
| Popis: | The objective was to determine how frequently an abnormal vaginal flora occurred in women attending a menopause clinic and whether any abnormality might be related to a particular risk factor. Women completed a questionnaire on their gynaecological, sexual and medical history. Whether they were perimenopausal or postmenopausal was determined on the basis of symptomatology, duration of amenorrhoea and on a follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) assay when clinically indicated. A speculum examination of the vagina was undertaken, at which time a smear of vaginal secretion was Gram stained and the bacterial flora graded as follows: grade 1, normal; grade 2, intermediate, and grade 3, bacterial vaginosis (BV). Of 100 women examined, 44 had grade 1 flora, 17 had grade 2 flora and 18 had BV. An apparent absence of, or very scanty, vaginal bacteria in which grading was not possible was found in 21 women. Women with BV had had more sexual partners than the others, but otherwise there were no discernible factors associated with the occurrence of BV. Women with vaginal atrophy were more likely to have an apparent absence of vaginal bacteria, but a few had BV. |
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