Vajinal Akıntısı Bulunan Hastalarda Gardnerella Vaginalis Sıklığı

Incidence of Gardnerella Vaginalis in Patients Who Has Vaginal Discharge Sixty patients between 15-45 ages, who had vaginal discharge were investigated for G. vaginalis. G. vaginalis was isolated from 8 (13.3%) of 60 patients. G. vaginalis was detected in 4 (66.6%) of 6 patients with clue cell positivity and 7 (70%) of 10 patients with fishy odor after application of KOH. Vaginal pH was equal to or greater than 4.5 in all culture positive patients. G. vaginalis was detected in 4 (21.1%) of 19 and 4 [9.8%) of 41 (68.3%) patients with homogenous and non homogenous vaginal secretion, respectively. Vaginal akintisi olan 15-45 yas arasi 60 hasta Gardnerella vaginalis (G. vaginalis) yonunden arastirilmistir. Bu 60 hastanin 8 (%13.3)'inde G. vaginalis izole edilmistir. Clue cell pozitifligi saptanan 6 (%10) hastanin 4 (%66.6)'unde, KOH testinde balik kokusu (fishy odor) saptanan 10 (%16.6) hastanin 7 (%70)'sinde G. vaginalis uretilmistir. Kulturu pozitif hastalarin hepsinde de vagen pH'si 4.5 ve uzerinde tespit edilmistir. Homojen akintisi olan 19 hastanin 4 (%21.1)'unde non homojen akintisi olan 41 hastanin 4 (%9.8)'unde G. vaginalis saptanmistir.