Risk of Gonococcal Infection During Vaginal Exposure is Associated With High Vaginal pH and Active Menstruation

Efficacy of a novel pH-buffering tampon in preserving the acidic vaginal pH during menstruation.

Free Glycogen in Vaginal Fluids Is Associated with Lactobacillus Colonization and Low Vaginal pH

OBJECTIVE Lactobacillus dominates the lower genital tract microbiota of many women, producing a low vaginal pH, and is important for healthy pregnancy outcomes and protection against several sexually transmitted pathogens. Yet, factors that promote Lactobacillus remain poorly understood. We hypothesized that the amount of free glycogen in the lumen of the lower genital tract is an important det...

Uterus Dysplasia Associated with Cervico-Vaginal Agenesis

Müllerian ducts can form upper parts of normal female reproductive system and any failure in ductal fusion may lead to Müllerian Duct Anomalies (MDA). We present a case of MDA, a uterus dysplasia with no evidence of cervical or upper vaginal tissue. This case illustrates the role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) on MDA diagnosis and urges the need for a unified reliable and practical classif...

Mother’s Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields before and during Pregnancy is Associated with Risk of Speech Problems in Offspring

Background: Rapid advances in technology, especially in the field of telecommunication, have led to extraordinary levels of mothers’ exposures to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs) prior to or during pregnancy.Objective: The main goal of this study was to answer this question whether exposure of women to common sources of RF-EMFs either prior to or during pregnancy is related to ...

Prevalence of C.Trachomatis Infection among Ahvaz Females with Vaginal Discharge

Background C. trachomatis is one of the most important agents of sexually transmitted diseases (STD). Untreated cases of vaginal infection with this bacterium may end up with infertility, scaring and ectopic pregnancy. In most cases infection with C. trachomatis is silent (70-80%) but when overt infection occurs the symptoms include: cervicitis, urethritis, and endometritis. Since prevalence of...