Vaginal flora types in pregnant women in their first trimester

Role of Oxidative Stress on Vaginal Bleeding during The First Trimester of Pregnant Women

Prevalence of vaginal microorganisms among pregnant women according to trimester and association with preterm birth

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of abnormal vaginal microorganisms in pregnant women according to trimester, and to determine whether the presence of abnormal vaginal colonization is associated with higher risk of miscarriage or preterm delivery. Furthermore, we analyzed delivery outcomes according to individual microorganism species. Methods We included preg...

Characteristics of patients with subchorionic hematomas in the second trimester.

AIM The aim of this study was to investigate the etiological characteristics of patients diagnosed with subchorionic hematoma. METHODS A case-controlled study was performed to compare characteristics of patients and controls. Via ultrasound examination, 47 pregnant patients were found to have subchorionic hematomas and 1075 had no evidence of subchorionic hematomas (controls). In the second t...

Vaginal Lactobacillus microbiota of healthy women in the late first trimester of pregnancy.

OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to characterise the dominant species of Lactobacillus colonising the vagina of healthy pregnant women, to examine some of their phenotypic and genotypic properties, and to gain a better understanding of the potential role of species, which might be associated with infection-free status. DESIGN A prospective descriptive cohort study. SETTING Department of ...

Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes in Pregnant Women with First Trimester Vaginal Bleeding

OBJECTIVE To study the pregnancy outcomes in first trimester vaginal bleeding. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross sectional study was done on 60 pregnant women with first trimester vaginal bleeding referring to university hospitals affiliated to Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. All women were evaluated for the outcomes including abortion, preterm rapture of membranes, preterm labor, secon...

Prevalence of serum antibodies to TORCH infection in the first trimester of the pregnancy in Kashan, Iran

Introduction:TORCH infections causing via Toxoplasma gondii, other microorganisms (e.g., Treponema pallidum), Rubella virus, Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and the Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) types 1 and 2 during the first trimester of pregnancy can lead to severe fetal anomalies or even fetal loss. The current study determined the serological data of TORCH infections in women who were in their first tri...