Bacterial vaginosis, cervical Human Papillomavirus infection and cervical cytological abnormalities in adult women in Central Brazil: A cross-sectional study

Introduction: Bacterial vaginosis is the most common cause of vaginal discharge and occurs when there an imbalance in microbiota, predominantly composed Lactobacillus spp. Human Papillomavirus sexually transmitted virus world. Persistent infection with high-risk genotypes main development cervical intraepithelial neoplasia cancer. Objective: To investigate association between bacterial cytological abnormalities adult women. Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out a gynecology outpatient clinic public health network. A total 202 women were included underwent gynecological examination specimen collection. Cervical cytopathological examinations bacterioscopy by Nugent method performed to identify vaginosis, PCR reverse hybridization for detection genotyping. Bivariate analysis was infection, abnormalities. The odds ratio calculated, respective 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) 5% significance level (p≤0.05). Results: prevalence 33.2% (67/202), 38.6% (78/202) 6.0% (12/202). showed no significant (OR 0.69; CI 0.37–1.27; p=0.23), or 0.65; 95%CI 0.17–2.50; p=0.54). Conclusion: In this study, did not represent risk factor presence investigated