Bleeding cervices: the microbial, cytologic, colposcopic and histopathologic evaluation.

ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to evaluate microbial, preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions and other risk factors associated with bleeding cervices and to determine the association between specific lower genital tract infections and cytologic, colposcopic and histopathologic findings in the same group of patients. Over a period of 3 years, 76 patients in sexually active reproductive age [18-48] with bleeding cervices were evaluated by microbiologic, cytologic, colposcopic and histopathologic examination. Current infection with Neisseria gonorrhoea, Chlamydia trachomatis and Trichomonas vaginalis and serologic evidence of past infection with herpes simplex virus type 2 [HSV-2] and C. trachomatis were tested