ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the diagnostic value of the Pap smear in lower genital tract infections during pregnancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 190 pregnant women were examined in the Lower Genital Tract and Colposcopy clinics of the Obstetrics Division at the University Hospital de Clínicas "José de San Martín" of University of Buenos Aires from April to August 1997. Samples were taken from the vaginal fornix for microbiologic study and from the exocervix for Pap smear. Both the sensitivity and specificity test of the Pap smear for diagnosing lower genital tract infections were calculated considering the microbiologic study as the reference standard. RESULTS: The sensitivity of the Pap smear for Candida spp., bacterial vaginosis and Trichomonas vaginalis compared with microbiologic study was 50, 81, and 78, respectively. The specificity for the same study was 96%, 93%, and 100%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Pap smear for diagnosing lower genital tract infections is useful when positive results are found for these infections because of its high specificity.
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/complications , HIV Seropositivity/complications , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious , Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic , Uterine Cervical Dysplasia/complications , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/complications , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology , Female , Follow-Up Studies , HIV Seropositivity/pathology , Humans , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/pathology , Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic/pathology , Risk Factors , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/pathology , Uterine Cervical Dysplasia/pathologyABSTRACT
Un nuevo método colposcópico que utiliza un sistema computarizado para obtener imágenes cervicales digitalizadas, es descripto en este trabajo. Las imágenes son excelentes, pueden ser incorporadas a la memoria del equipo y permite, si es necesario, su reprodución. Creemos que es una herramienta útil para el diagnóstico y la investigación en el campo de la patología cervical (AU)
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Humans , Female , Colposcopy/methods , Colposcopy/instrumentation , Computer GraphicsABSTRACT
Un nuevo método colposcópico que utiliza un sistema computarizado para obtener imágenes cervicales digitalizadas, es descripto en este trabajo. Las imágenes son excelentes, pueden ser incorporadas a la memoria del equipo y permite, si es necesario, su reprodución. Creemos que es una herramienta útil para el diagnóstico y la investigación en el campo de la patología cervical
