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primary topic: Association of intermediate Nugent Score and bacterial vaginosis with sexually transmitted infections and vulvovaginal candidiasis

Association of intermediate Nugent Score and bacterial vaginosis with sexually transmitted infections and vulvovaginal candidiasis
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type: Article
abstract: Background Bacterial vaginosis is a common vaginal syndrome among females, which leads to significant morbidity and complications, if left untreated. The association of bacterial vaginosis with various sexually transmitted infections has been mentioned in previous literature. However, studies on the intermediate Nugent Score are lacking. This study was planned to examine the association of sexually transmitted infections with the intermediate Nugent Score. Materials and Methods The study included was conducted to include females presenting with vaginal discharge, burning micturition, itching, lower abdominal pain and infertility. The Nugent scoring was used to categorize patients into those having normal flora, intermediate or bacterial vaginosis. Conventional and molecular techniques targeting Trichomonas vaginalis, Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis, Syphilis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and vulvovaginal candidiasis were performed. Results A total of 3,531 clinical samples were collected from females with a median age of 28.0 years. The number of patients with bacterial vaginosis and intermediate Nugent Score and positive cases were significantly higher in the 21-35 years age group (P < 0.0001). We observed that the likelihood of test results being positive for Trichomonas vaginalis was higher (P < 0.05), as the abnormality of the vaginal flora increased. Mycoplasma hominis was observed to be significantly higher in the intermediate Nugent Score group than the BV-positive patients (0.6 vs 0.2, P = 0.002). The number of vulvovaginal candidiasis cases in both the bacterial vaginosis-negative and bacterial vaginosis-positive groups were nearly the same (9.3 vs 9.8%). Limitation Individual follow-up couldn't be performed on the patients. Conclusion We observed that the dysbiosis in vaginal microbiota, with an increase in Nugent scoring, was significantly associated with an increased risk for the acquisition of sexually transmitted infections a…
date: 2024-05
volume: 90
issue: 3
status: peerReviewed
status: published
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type: EPrint
type: ArticleEPrint
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subject: QR Microbiology

SCIENTIFIC SCHOLAR
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INDIAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY VENEREOLOGY & LEPROLOGY
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Rajneesh Dadwal
type: Person
given name: Rajneesh
family name: Dadwal

Shivali Rathore
type: Person
given name: Shivali
family name: Rathore

Sakshi Malhotra
type: Person
given name: Sakshi
family name: Malhotra

Karamjit Kaur
type: Person
given name: Karamjit
family name: Kaur

Sunil Sethi
type: Person
given name: Sunil
family name: Sethi

Rashmi Bagga
type: Person
given name: Rashmi
family name: Bagga

Rakesh Yadav
type: Person
given name: Rakesh
family name: Yadav

Hemant Chaudary
type: Person
given name: Hemant
family name: Chaudary

Aastha Saini
type: Person
given name: Aastha
family name: Saini

Rimjhim Kanaujia
type: Person
given name: Rimjhim
family name: Kanaujia

Nandita Sharma
type: Person
given name: Nandita
family name: Sharma

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