This study aimed to assess the prevalence of pathological vaginal discharge and to describe risk factors associated with pregnant women. All women living in the city of Rio Grande, Southern Brazil, who gave birth in 2010 were included in the study. A standardized questionnaire was administered to collect information on demographic, reproductive, and health-related factors and morbidity during p...

Leiomyomas are common benign tumors in the uterus. They are rarely seen in the vaginal wall leading to pressure symptoms on urinary tract. Here we present a case of a 44-year-old Chinese woman, who had accepted hysterectomy, with a painless paraurethral mass associated with local discomfort. A complete surgical excision was performed by vaginal route, and the histology report confirmed the diag...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency, types and complications of genital tract trauma during child birth. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Unit I, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, from June 2006 to May 2010. METHODOLOGY All women who sustained genital tract trauma during delivery at the study centre...

Neglected prolonged obstructed labour is the most common cause of genital tract fistulae worldwide. Pressure necrosis of soft pelvic tissues occurs between the impacted fetal presenting part and the bony maternal pelvis. Other obstetric reasons for genital tract fistulae include vaginal trauma and laceration from instrumental deliveries or spontaneous vaginal deliveries, from Caesarean sections...

901 2014 June 16 Accepted 2014 une J 5 Received Abstract The Mycoplasma found most frequently in genital tract and play their putative roles urogenital tract of women. In this study, three species of mycoplasma represented by M. pnumoniae, M. primatum and M. pirum were isolated from urogenital tract. In this study, one hundred vaginal swabs were taken from pregnant, non pregnant and cont...

PID is manifested by a continuum of inflammation from the lower genital tract to the upper genital tract. Evidence of this inflammation can be confirmed by performing a saline preparation of the vaginal secretions to document a marked increase in the number of inflammatory cells (A). Evidence ofmucopus further documents lower genital tract inflammation (B). Laparoscopy visually confirms the pre...

BACKGROUND Recurrent urinary tract infection (RUTI) is defined as three episodes of urinary tract infection (UTI) in the previous 12 months or two episodes in the last six months. The main factors associated with RUTI in postmenopausal women are vesical prolapse, cystocoele, post-voidal residue and urinary incontinence, all associated with a decrease in oestrogen. The use of oestrogens to preve...

Pyocolpos is a rare clinical finding in vaginal atresia, especially in childhood. We present a child with pyocolpos and a long history of severe sterile dysuria before she was admitted to hospital with fever, urinary tract infection, and abdominal mass.

Although sexually transmitted pathogens are capable of inducing pathogen-specific immune responses, vaginal administration of nonreplicating antigens elicits only weak, nondisseminating immune responses. The present study was undertaken to examine the potential of CpG-containing oligodeoxynucleotide (CpG ODN) for induction of chemokine responses in the genital tract mucosa and also as a vaginal...