Trichomonas vaginalis infection among young pregnant women in Brazil

Angelica E. Miranda; Valdir M. Pinto; Charlotte A. Gaydos

doi:10.1016/j.bjid.2014.07.002

Trichomonas vaginalis infection among young pregnant women in Brazil

Angelica E. Miranda, Valdir M. Pinto, Charlotte A. Gaydos

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Abstract

Our goal was to determine the prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis and its associated risk factors in parturient women aged 15-24 years attending Brazilian public maternity units. Participants answered a demographic, behavioral, and clinical data questionnaire. A sample of urine was screened for T. vaginalis. A total 299 women participated in this study. The prevalence rate of T. vaginalis was 7.7% (95% CI: 4.7-10.7%). The factors associated with T. vaginalis were use of illicit drugs [OR = 4.70 (95% CI: 1.63-13.56, p= 0.004)] and not attending antenatal care [OR = 5.15 (95% CI: 1.15-23.25, p= 0.032)]. These data demonstrate that it is important to discuss how to include routine screening for T. vaginalis during antenatal care in Brazil.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	669-671
Number of pages	3
Journal	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	18
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2014.07.002
State	Published - 2014

Keywords

Pregnancy
Prevalence
Risk factors
Trichomonas vaginalis

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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