Background: Imbalance in vaginal microbiota causes vaginal infection in
women in mainly reproductive age. This study aimed to determine the
microbiological and epidemiological profile of laboratory confirmed vaginal
infections among Saudi women. Methods: This cross-sectional
retrospective study involved medical records of Saudi women patients with
laboratory confirmed vaginal infections from a private hospital in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia between January 2015 and January 2019. Results: Among the 4300
medical records that were reviewed, 564 (13.1%) had laboratory-confirmed vaginal
infections. Data was collected about participant’s personal and social data,
medical history, primary presenting symptom, associated symptoms, obstetric and
gynecological history, results of vaginal examination, the results of
microbiological tests of vaginal swab specimens, and treatment given, using a
data sheet. Sample collected were examined for bacterial vaginosis (BV),
Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), trichomonal vaginitis (TV), Group B Streptococcus
(GBS) and other infections. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 21. VVC was the
most common type (57.4%) followed by GBS (25%) and BV (12.1%). Vaginal
infections were found to be associated with reproductive age group and high BMI.
Most of the included patients did not have classic risk factors for vaginal
infections. Discussion: The medical records of 564 patients, all with
laboratory-confirmed vaginal infections were included in this study, which
represents 13.1% of all patients who had attended the clinic during the study
period. The mean age of the participants in this study was 40.97
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Microbiological pattern of laboratory confirmed vaginal infections among Saudi women
Dalia Saad ElFeky1,2, Rasha Assiri1, Hanadi Bakhsh3,4,*, Ruba Almubaraz3, Afrah Aldhowayan3, Shahad Ismail Alruwaili3, Raghad Alomairy3
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Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, 11564 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt
3
Clinical Sciences Department, College of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, 11564 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, 11393 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*Correspondence: drobgyn2005@gmail.com (Hanadi Bakhsh)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2021, 48(4), 929–934;
https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog4804147
Submitted: 3 March 2021 | Revised: 3 April 2021 | Accepted: 27 April 2021 | Published: 15 August 2021
Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Abstract
Keywords
Bacterial vaginosis
Group B streptococci
Vaginal discharge
Vaginal infections
Vulvovaginal candidiasis
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