Research of infectious agents in smears of women met in a teaching assistance unit (ADU) / Pesquisa de agentes infecciosos em exames citopatológicos de mulheres atendidas em uma unidade docente assistencial (UDA)

Abstract

Sexually transmitted infections (ISTs) dominated by an important public health problem worldwide, being the quick diagnosis, through precise techniques important to decrease the transmission and consequences caused by ISTs. There are three main types of infectious vaginitis: bacterial vaginosis, candidiasis and trichomoniasis, being these the most inflammatory processes affect the genitals femininos5. The evaluation was carried out by means of a retrospective descriptive study in 1.240 cytological reports collected at Teaching Assistance Unit (UDA) in the municipality of Maceió-AL in the period from 2008 to 2012. Were included in the study the medical records of users who reported not having made use of vaginal creams 24 hours before the exam, no use of antibiotics, not be in menstrual period and not having had sexual intercourse 48 hours before the exam, were excluded from the study records of users outside the study period. The results, in relation to the presence or absence of microbiological agents, were distributed by age group. The following intervals were analyzed: 15 to 34 years 35 to 49 years and 50 to 65 years. It was found through the retrospective analysis (133/1240) presented reports infectious agents. These 62.41% (83/133) were positive for Gardnerella vaginalis, 32.33% (43/133) for Candida sp, and 5.26% (7/133) for Trichomonas vaginalis.

Keywords

• SITs
• Gardnerella vaginalis
• Candida sp
• Trichomonas vaginalis