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Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. 2012;34(5):209-214
DOI 10.1590/S0100-72032012000500004
PURPOSE: To assess the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and to compare the accuracy of testing pH and KOH with the Nugent gradient, the gold standard for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in asymptomatic and symptomatic pregnant women at low risk. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study on 321 pregnant women with gestational age between 14 and 26 weeks, 218 of them asymptomatic and 103 with vaginal complaints suggestive of bacterial vaginosis. All women were assessed by the criteria of Nugent and subjected to the measurement of vaginal pH and to the 10% KOH test. The Kappa coefficient was used to evaluate the methods in terms of diagnostic agreement. RESULTS: Most patients were adolescents (mean age 21.0±5.6 years), nulliparous and mulattos. The prevalence of bacterial vaginosis was 33.3% as estimated by the pH and KOH method and 35.5% by the Nugent method. Excellent agreement of the methods was found among asymptomatic pregnant women, with 72.5% of them showing negative results to both tests, which resulted in a high Kappa coefficient (k=0.82). The group of symptomatic women showed 49.5% positivity to both diagnostic methods, with excellent agreement (k=0.74). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of bacterial vaginosis determined by both the pH and KOH method and the Nugent score was high. The pH and KOH method can diagnose bacterial vaginosis as accurately as the Nugent criterion.
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Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. 2002;24(1):15-20
DOI 10.1590/S0100-72032002000100003
Purpose: to evaluate the effects of ascending infection on the mother and newborn in the cases of premature rupture of membranes. Methods: this was a prospective study, carried out to evaluate 50 pregnant women with premature rupture of membranes (PROM) and their newborns. The clinical chorioamnionitis was investigated by clinical findings (thermal curve, abdominal pain by groping and/or uterine softening, smell and other characteristics of vaginal secretion) and subsidiary tests (white blood cell count and C-reactive protein). The histologic chorioamnionitis was investigated by macroscopic and microscopic study (placenta, membranes and cord). In the microscopic study optic microscopy with hematoxylin-eosin staining was used. The newborns were evaluated as to weight and Apgar score in the first and fifth minutes of life. White blood cell count, culture of auditory canal swab and aspirated gastric material culture complemented the study. Statistical analysis was performed using the Fisher exact test and the Student t-test, with level of significance set at 5% (p < 0.05). Results: The rate of clinical chorioamnionitis was 29.4% (15/50), while for histologic chorioamnionitis it was 40% (20/50). All the cases of clinical chorioamnionitis had latency times (LT) higher than 24 hours. The newborns presented signal of infection in 31.4% of the cases (16/51), all with LT higher than 24 hours. The main isolated microorganisms of auditive duct and gastric aspirate of newborns were Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Gram positive coccus and group B Streptococcus. The infected newborns presented lower Apgar scores in the first and fifth minute of life, lower weight and higher perinatal morbidity and mortality when compared with newborns without infection. Conclusions: based on the analysis of results obtained in the present study, it was possible to conclude that the prolonged latency times increase the possibility of ascending infection, leading to higher possibility of premature delivery and high maternal morbidity (clinical chorioamnionitis), as well as perinatal morbidity and mortality.