Situation on gynecological infections of the lower reproductive track among ever married women of reproductive age in Thien Phuoc district, Quang Nam province in 2004

ABSTRACT

A gynecological study on 548 married women at reproductive ages living in Tien Phuoc district, Quang Nam province showed that among them 207 women had infections of the lower congenital-urinary tract (37.77%). Pathogenic agents 99.52% of the cases were a single agent with such as bacteria 70.53%, Candida albicans 25.12%; Trichomonas vaginalis 3.86%. There was one case of infection caused by two different agents, bacteria and Candida albicans. There were 117 cases (56.53%) with clinical lesions including 30.91% cervicitis with glandular epithelial eversion, 21.26% purely cervicitis, 36.68% of the women had abnormal leukorrhea of which 21.90% was pus-like leukorrhea.