INTRODUCTION Women with breast cancer have better cancer-related outcomes with the use of aromatase inhibitors (AIs), but the physiological suppression of estradiol can negatively affect sexual functioning because of unpleasant urogenital and vaginal symptoms. Local health care practitioners have observed that the benefits of vaginal testosterone in allaying these unpleasant symptoms in women w...

OBJECTIVES We explored Muslim women's attitudes to self-sampling for human papillomavirus (HPV) in the context of cervical cancer screening and their responses to two self-sampling devices. SETTING A Muslim community centre in north-east London. METHODS Following a talk given on the subject of cervical cancer and HPV at the community centre, 28 women were recruited to take part in three foc...

BACKGROUND Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. In an effort to reduce the impact of this serious affliction, universal screening for GBS has been adopted in many countries. The objective of this study was to examine the acceptability of self-collected GBS swabs in a local population in Hong Kong. METHODS This study is a cross-sectional questionn...

OBJECTIVE Although recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis is defined as 4 or more discrete attacks of vulvovaginal candidiasis per year, there is no diagnostic nomenclature or definition for the many women who are chronically symptomatic. This study aims to establish and propose a definition and a set of diagnostic criteria, which would enable clinicians to promptly identify and treat women with ch...

Aims: To determine if dental bacterial DNA are present in the amniotic cavity of healthy pregnant women undergoing an elective caesarean section at term utilising culture independent techniques. Methods: Pregnant Australian women undergoing an elective caesarean section were recruited. Women completed questionnaires addressing demographics, past and current pregnancies and medical history. One ...

Objective: In this study, we aimed to present the pathogens detected as vaginal infection agents isolated from swab samples in adult patients admitted Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics a private hospital Istanbul for three years retrospectively.Material Methods: Vaginal swabs non-pregnant outpatient clinics between 2016-2018 were included study. The transferred quickly laboratory after sa...

Background: After menstrual irregularities, second common gynecological problem is vaginal discharge. Change in dynamic ecosystem of flora can cause the overgrowth pathological microorganism that creates Owing to syndromic approach low income countries, identification specific causative organism masked. Aim: To determine frequency various micro-organism high swab obtained from women outpatient ...