PMID- 17112444
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070130
LR  - 20191110
IS  - 1448-5028 (Print)
IS  - 1448-5028 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 4
DP  - 2006 Dec
TI  - Bacterial vaginosis in women of low socioeconomic status living in slum areas in 
      Chennai, India.
PG  - 297-8
AB  - Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common cause of vaginitis among women of 
      childbearing age. This study was performed to investigate the prevalence of BV 
      and its association with sexually transmitted infections among 487 women of low 
      socioeconomic status. Blood, vaginal and endocervical swabs were tested for HIV, 
      herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), Treponema pallidum, BV, Chlamydia trachomatis, 
      Neisseria gonorrhoea and Trichomonas vaginalis. Of the women screened for BV, 120 
      (25, 95% CI 20.8-28.4) were positive and 40 (8.2, 95% CI 5.8-10.6) were 
      intermediate. Bacterial vaginosis was significantly associated with age >25 (P = 
      0.014) and sexual experience (P = 0.085). Bacterial vaginosis was also related to 
      concurrent infections with T. vaginalis (relative risk (RR) = 6.6, 95% CI 
      2.8-15.5, P = 0.000) and HSV-2 (RR = 2, 95% CI 1.3-2.9; P = 0.0031). The role of 
      other possible risk factors needs to be explored.
FAU - Uma, Shanmugasundaram
AU  - Uma S
FAU - Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu
AU  - Balakrishnan P
FAU - Murugavel, Kailapuri G
AU  - Murugavel KG
FAU - Srikrishnan, Aylur K
AU  - Srikrishnan AK
FAU - Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran
AU  - Kumarasamy N
FAU - Anand, Santhanam
AU  - Anand S
FAU - Cecelia, Jebaraj Anitha
AU  - Cecelia JA
FAU - Celentano, David
AU  - Celentano D
FAU - Mayer, Kenneth H
AU  - Mayer KH
FAU - Thyagarajan, Sadras P
AU  - Thyagarajan SP
FAU - Solomon, Suniti
AU  - Solomon S
LA  - eng
PT  - Letter
PL  - Australia
TA  - Sex Health
JT  - Sexual health
JID - 101242667
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - *Poverty Areas
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Sexually Transmitted Diseases/epidemiology
MH  - Urban Population
MH  - Vaginosis, Bacterial/*epidemiology
EDAT- 2006/11/23 09:00
MHDA- 2007/01/31 09:00
CRDT- 2006/11/23 09:00
PHST- 2006/06/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2006/08/18 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2006/11/23 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/01/31 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/11/23 09:00 [entrez]
AID - SH06036 [pii]
AID - 10.1071/sh06036 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sex Health. 2006 Dec;3(4):297-8. doi: 10.1071/sh06036.