Research Article
Factor Associated to Bacterial Vaginosis in Non-pregnant Women of North Indian Population,
Singh Hari Om1*, Singh Amita2, Dhole TN1 and Sumitra Nain31Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
2Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, CHC, Sarai Akil, Allahabad, India
3Department of Pharmacy, Banasthali University, Banasthali, Rajasthan, India
- Corresponding Author:
- Hari Om Singh
Department of Molecular Virology
National AIDS Research Institute (ICMR), GOI, 73 'G' Block
MIDC, Bhosari, Pune-411026, India
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Received date: June 26, 2015; Accepted date: August 30, 2015; Published date: September 06, 2015
Citation: Om SH, Amita S, Dhole TN, Nain S (2015) Factor Associated to Bacterial Vaginosis in Non-pregnant Women of North Indian Population. J Biotechnol Biomater 5:195. doi:10.4172/2155-952X.1000195
Copyright: © 2015 Om SH, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Bacterial vaginosis is currently the most prevalent cause of vaginal infection and vaginal discharge among the sexually active women. Bacterial vaginosis is a complex microbiological disease. Therefore, we aimed to determine the association of risk factors for bacterial vaginosis patients. In the prospective study, we enrolled a total of 300 nonpregnant women. One hundred and twenty six women were positive for bacterial vaginosis, confirmed by Amsel's criteria and Nugent's scoring. One hundred and seventy four women were unrelated control. Frequency of intrauterine contraceptive device differed significantly between bacterial vaginosis and healthy individuals (29.4% versus 17.2%, p=0.017; OR=1.70). Individuals with a sexual transmitted disease in partners was conferred significantly higher risk for bacterial vaginosis (p=0.001, OR=8.28). However, use of contraception, vaginal douching, and use of condom did not modulate the risk of bacterial vaginosis. Individuals with the use of intrauterine contraceptive device and presence of sexual transmitted disease in partners conferred a higher risk for bacterial vaginosis.