Incidence of Bacterial Vaginosis Among Patients with Vaginal Discharge

Abstract

One hundred and fifty women complaining of vaginal discharge were studied in this project to find out the incidence of bacterial vaginosis. Amsel’s clinical criteria were used for diagnosis. Out of these 150 patients 42 were found to be suffering from bacterial vaginosis giving an incidence of 28% in women complaining of vaginal discharge. Regarding the age incidence most of the patients with bacterial vaginosis (71.4%) were between the ages of 20 to 39 years with peak incidence (40.5%) in the age group of 30 to 39 years. Regarding the other associated findings, Candidiasis was found in five patients, Trichomoniasis in one patient and vaginal actinomycosis also in one patient. Eight patients revealed cervical erosion while six patients had Copper T in the uterus. Two patients complained of pruritis vulvae, five burning micturation, five having menstrual disturbances and seven complained lower abdominal pain. One patient was diabetic. The results were tabulated and compared with other studies on this subject.