TY - JOUR
T1 - Bacterial vaginosis in female sex workers in Chennai, India
AU - Uma, Shanmugasundaram
AU - Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu
AU - Murugavel, Kailapuri G.
AU - Srikrishnan, Aylur K.
AU - Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran
AU - Cecelia, Jebaraj A.
AU - Anand, Santhanam
AU - Mayer, Kenneth H.
AU - Celentano, David
AU - Thyagarajan, Sadras P.
AU - Solomon, Suniti
PY - 2005/12/1
Y1 - 2005/12/1
N2 - Bacterial vaginosis (BV) causes obstetric and gynaecological complications and non-chlamydial/non-gonococcal pelvic inflammatory disease and has been shown to be associated with the risk of acquiring HIV and herpes simplex (HSV)-2 infections. This study investigated both the prevalence of BV and its association with STDs among 582 female sex workers living in Chennai, South India. Blood, vaginal and endocervical swabs were tested for HSV-2, HIV Treponema pallidum, BV, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoea and Trichomonas vaginalis. The vaginal swabs collected were Gram's stained and analysed for BV by Nugent's scoring criteria. Of the women studied, 45% (95% CI, 40.6-48.7) were positive, 39.5% (95% CI, 35.5-43.5) were negative and 16% (95% CI, 12.8-18.7) were intermediate for BV Bacterial vaginosis positivity was directly related to concurrent infection with HSV-2 (RR 1.3, AR 12, P = 0.00), T. vaginalis (RR 1.5, AR 10, P = 0.01) T. pallidum (RR 2.8, AR 16, P= 0.00) and HIV (RR4.1, AR 52, P= 0.01). Future studies are needed to focus on the risk factors for BV.
AB - Bacterial vaginosis (BV) causes obstetric and gynaecological complications and non-chlamydial/non-gonococcal pelvic inflammatory disease and has been shown to be associated with the risk of acquiring HIV and herpes simplex (HSV)-2 infections. This study investigated both the prevalence of BV and its association with STDs among 582 female sex workers living in Chennai, South India. Blood, vaginal and endocervical swabs were tested for HSV-2, HIV Treponema pallidum, BV, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoea and Trichomonas vaginalis. The vaginal swabs collected were Gram's stained and analysed for BV by Nugent's scoring criteria. Of the women studied, 45% (95% CI, 40.6-48.7) were positive, 39.5% (95% CI, 35.5-43.5) were negative and 16% (95% CI, 12.8-18.7) were intermediate for BV Bacterial vaginosis positivity was directly related to concurrent infection with HSV-2 (RR 1.3, AR 12, P = 0.00), T. vaginalis (RR 1.5, AR 10, P = 0.01) T. pallidum (RR 2.8, AR 16, P= 0.00) and HIV (RR4.1, AR 52, P= 0.01). Future studies are needed to focus on the risk factors for BV.
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U2 - 10.1071/SH05025
DO - 10.1071/SH05025
M3 - Article
C2 - 16402677
AN - SCOPUS:33644859092
SN - 1448-5028
VL - 2
SP - 261
EP - 262
JO - Sexual Health
JF - Sexual Health
IS - 4
ER -