Bacterial vaginosis and preterm labour

Abstract EN

3bid prospective case control study, was carried out over a nine-month-peniod (front /"' of (Lpril unlit the end of 2)ecem6ex 2002) in Stasrah maternity A.

children hospital to assess the association between ia£ie*tal aagmaaia and.

preterm laBoux <£ to- compare it with those mho delivered at term.

2)ata mete- collected <£ analyzed on 179 women in spontaneous laBoux.

Seventy two with preterm laBoux (cases) <£ one handled seven at texm (contxols).

Shu, study, has confirmed that (faubuxe&a nagitiafa was the commonest Bacterial pathogen isolated pcom women with pretexm laBoux, it was detected in 17 out of.

72 women with pretexm laBoux (23.6%) in comparison to-2 of 107(1.9%) women who delivered at texm (5* value <0.01), followed By gwuip JS otoeplococci in 4(55%,), £ ca& in 2 (2J8%), ftaUuo in 1(1.4%), Sl*epto fecato in 1(1.4%) S.

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gonorrhoea in 1(1.4 %).

Jn addition to Bacteria listed aBove, ffiucAanumaa tiaguta/ia was delected in 4(55%) of women with ptetexm laBoux.

She state of memBxanes were studied and it was found that 72J3%0 of women with pxetexm laBoux had ptematuxe xuptuxe of the memBxanes in comparison to 392%, of contxol (3: < 0.001), while the fxequency of sexual contact was not statistically diffexent among.

Both groups.

3t can Be concluded fxom these results that Bactexial vaginosis was detected in a significant numBex of women with pietexm delivery and ptematuxe rupture of the memBxanes, screening fox Bactexial vaginosis is recommended and fuxthex studies _ axe required to evaluate the treatment of Bactexial vaginosis and its Kale in the reduction of pxetexm Sixth.