Prevalence of vulvovaginitis and bacterial vaginosis in patients with

ABstRAct Sao Paulo Med J. 2008;126(6):333-6.Ana Claudia Camargo Campos ORiGiNAl ARticle Ruffo Freitas-JuniorLuiz Fernando Jube RibeiroRegis Resende PaulinelliCleomenes Reis Prevalence of vulvovaginitis and bacterial vaginosis in patients with koilocytosis Breast and Gynecology Service of Hospital Araujo Jorge, Associacao de Combate ao Câncer em Goias (ACCG), Goias, Goiânia, Brazil CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Empirical discussion regarding an association between koilocytosis and vulvovaginitis often occurs. Thus, the objec-tive of this study was to assess the prevalence of microorganisms associated with bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginitis in women with and without koilocytosis. DESIGN AND SETTING: Analytical cross-sectional study including two cohorts of women (with and without koilocytosis) who attended a cancer hos-pital in the city of Goiânia, state of Goias. METHODS: A total of 102 patients entered the study. The whiff test, Gram and Papanicolaou staining and bacterial and fungal culturing were performed. The results were observed using uni-variate analysis. The odds ratio and confi dence interval (CI) of the variables were calculated; P-values < 0.05 were considered signifi cant.