Volume 24, Issue 105, September - October, 2020

Study on bacterial vaginosis among a group of Iraqi women

Kawakeb N Abdulla¹, Saba Reyadh Shaker², Hayder A Fawzi^3♦

¹Iraqi National Cancer Research Center, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
²Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
³Department of Pharmacy, Al-Rasheed University College, Baghdad, Iraq

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Pharmacy, Al-Rasheed University College, Baghdad, Iraq; Email: Hayder.adnan2010@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Objective: the isolation and identification of bacteria in women with clinical vaginosis. Methods: A cross sectional which included 176 women diagnosed with BV according to Amsel criteria. The study carried out in National Cancer Research Center – University of Baghdad, the participants were collected during the period from February 2019 to December 2019. The participants undergo vaginal swab and then it was subjected gram stain for bacterial identification. The swab was performed by trained clinicians, in which a sterile unlubricated speculum was inserted into the vagina then the specimens were collected from the lateral vaginal wall and posterior fornix using two sterile cotton tipped swabs, the swabs removed carefully to avoid contamination. Results: The study included 176 women diagnosed with BV, mean age was 31.4 ± 8.9 years, the most common type Staphylococcus aureus with 19% prevalence, followed by Escherichia coli (16%), 12% Enterobacter spp, 11% Klebsiella pneumonia, 9% and lastly 1% Neisseria spp. Conclusions: Gram negative bacteria showed the highest rate for causing bacterial vaginosis, only one type of gram-positive bacteria was present (Staphylococcus) which showed the highest prevalence of all the bacteria.

Keywords: Bacterial vaginosis, microbiota, Gram negative bacteria, contamination

Medical Science, 2020, 24(105), 3012-3016

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