ABSTRACT
Among all subjects attending a Center for prevention of female genital tract cancer Gardnerella vaginalis was isolated from 57 out of 171 women affected by non-specific vaginitis (NSV), from 15 of 703 non-NSV vaginitis patients and from 10 of 338 healthy adults. Postmenopausal women showed an increased rate of asymptomatic carriage of G. vaginalis. The data suggest a relatively weak association between clinical diagnosis of NSV and isolation of G. vaginalis.
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Gardnerella vaginalis/isolation & purification , Vaginitis/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Female , Haemophilus Infections/diagnosis , Humans , Italy , Menopause , Middle Aged , Outpatients , Prevalence , Vaginitis/diagnosis , Vaginitis/microbiologyABSTRACT
The association between contraception and Gardnerella vaginalis was studied in the population of L'Aquila. This research was conducted in the cytocolposcopic Center of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic, and the Department of Biotechnology and Biometry at L'Aquila University on 1212 females. Of the examined patients, 178 (14.7%) employed a prophylactic method and of these 104 (58.4%) used barrier-systems, while 74 (41.6%) used estroprogestins. Gardnerella vaginalis was isolated in 63 females (6.1%) that used no contraceptive and 19 (10.7%) that employed one.
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Contraception/methods , Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal/administration & dosage , Haemophilus Infections/microbiology , Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal/pharmacology , Epidemiologic Methods , Female , Gardnerella vaginalis/drug effects , Humans , Intrauterine Devices , Italy , Mass Screening , Population Surveillance , Vaginitis/microbiologyABSTRACT
Among the large O-groups of E.coli isolated from urinary-tract infections, a few groups appear more frequent. The AA report about this frequency in the district of L'Aquilla. Of 147 stocks of E.coli, the most frequent O-groups are the O6 (28,5%), the O75 (20,4%), the O2 (10,2%), the O18 (6,1%), the O5 (4,1%), the O39 (2%).
