OBJECTIVE To perform a pilot project to determine if this research design was appropriate to explore potential causal relationships between oral probiotic use and vaginal Group B Streptococcal (GBS) colonisation rates in pregnant women. METHOD Thirty-four GBS-positive women at 36 weeks pregnant were recruited. The participants were randomly allocated to the control group, who received standar...

AIM OF THE STUDY Aim of the study was to estimate the incidence of unexpected premalignant gynecological lesions in women undergoing vaginal hysterectomy for utero-vaginal prolapse. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eighty women with asymptomatic utero-vaginal prolapse were included in this prospective study for vaginal hysterectomy after preoperative preparation and after written informed consent. Women ...

Eighty-five isolates of Candida recovered from three hundred and fifty diverse clinical sources, viz. respiratory tract (sputum, bronchial washing,bronchoalveolar lavage, tracheal aspirate), blood, urine, high vaginal swab, skin and plastic devices, were studied in detail for their morphological and biochemical characters. Seven species of Candida were identified, viz., C. albicans (45.8%), C. ...

This study compared 4 different diagnostic methods for the detection of Trichomonas vaginatis in vaginal swab specimens from women attending a hospital in Dohuk in Iraq. A total of 425 vaginal swabs were obtained from women complaining of vaginal discharge associated with vaginitis, cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease. The results showed that 10 (2.4%) swabs were positive for T. vaginali...

Background: Pregnancy programs not only require data on the size and shape of uterus. The health vagina cervix as sperm recipients should also be required, examined by vaginal swab Pap smear. Objective: To describe importance swabs smears for success pregnancy program. Methods: This research is a descriptive study. collected were secondary from medical records pregnant patients during first yea...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the performance of a new Chlamydia Rapid Test with vaginal swab specimens as a potential tool for chlamydia diagnosis and screening. DESIGN Performance evaluation study. Settings A young people's sexual health centre (site 1) and two genitourinary medicine clinics (sites 2 and 3) in the United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS 1349 women aged between 16 and 54 attending one of the...

OBJECTIVES To determine the post-procedure acceptability of self-collecting a vaginal swab for HPV testing among a highly impoverished and geographically isolated population of medically underserved Black women residing in the Mississippi Delta. Further, to test correlates of reporting that self-collection is preferred over Pap testing. Finally, to determine the prevalence of any of 13 high-ris...

IMPLICATIONS OF HYSTEROCTOMY ON VAGINAL ROUTE IN GYNECOLOGIC PATHOLOGY (Abstract): Vaginal hysterectomy was mentioned before our era by Soranus of Ephesus, and it is one of the most frequent surgical interventions in gynecologic practice; performed for the first time by Sauter of Constance, in 1822, who practiced a vaginal hysterectomy without ligation of vessels, carrying out the hemostasis wi...

Rectal/vaginal specimens (n = 97) were collected in parallel using ESwab and Liquid Stuart (LS) rayon fiber wrapped swab collection devices. Each collection device was used to directly inoculate culture medium and LIM broth. Medium inoculation by ESwab was conducted using the Walk-Away specimen processor (WASP). Medium inoculation by the LS device was conducted manually. The sensitivities of ES...

Vaginal candidiasis is a common problem of clinical practice. Many studies have been conducted to explain its origin but only a few have included Polish women. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and similarity of oral, anal and vaginal Candida albicans strains isolated from Polish women with vaginal candidiasis. The study involved 20 from 37 recruited women. Swab samples were ...