| Journal: | Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000305400 |
| ISSN: | 0100-7203 |
| Authors: | Eleuterio-Junior, Jose1 Cavalcante, Diane Isabelle Magno2 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal do Ceara, Maternidade Escola Assis Chateaubriand, Assis Chateubriand, Parana. Brasil 2Laboratorio Professor Eleuterio, Fortaleza, Ceara. Brasil |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Season: | Abr |
| Volumen: | 26 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Pages: | 221-225 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Experimental |
| English abstract | OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the presence of curved rods, suggesting Mobiluncus sp, and leukocytosis on Gram and Papanicolaou-stained vaginal smears in cases of bacterial vaginosis. METHODS: two hundred and five vaginal smears were studied by the Papanicolaou's method and other 205 vaginal smears, in the same patients, were evaluated by Gram staining. The diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis was made clinically by one of the authors (J.E.J.) using Amsel's criteria. In the Gram method stained smears the Nugent's score was calculated and the presence of curved rods was evaluated. In Papanicolaou's smears curved rods were searched as well the presence of leukocytes. The data were analyzed by Prism 3.0® with confidence interval of 95% using the Fisher exact test with modified Wald's method. RESULTS: on Pap smears the curved rods were present in 51.7% of the cases. The number of leukocytes varied, although the leukopenia was more frequent. In Gram-stained smears the curved rods were present in 46.8% of the cases and the Nugent's score was 8 in 48.3% of the cases. The finding of Mobiluncus sp in both methods occurred in 82%. When curved rods were observed leukocytosis occurred in 57.5% (p < 0.0001). In the same way, leukocytosis was more frequent in Nugent's scores 9 and 10. CONCLUSION: curved rods were observed in about 52% of bacterial vaginosis. Leukocytosis in Pap smears was more frequent when Mobiluncus sp were found with higher Nugent's scores |
| Portuguese abstract | OBJETIVOS: pesquisar em casos de vaginose bacteriana a presença de bacilos curvos, sugerindo Mobiluncus, e de leucocitose em esfregaços vaginais corados por Gram e Papanicolaou. MÉTODOS: duzentos e cinco pacientes com diagnóstico de vaginose bacteriana pelos Critérios de Amsel foram incluídas e avaliadas clinicamente por um dos autores (JEJ). Os esfregaços vaginais foram corados pelo método de Papanicolaou e avaliados pela técnica de Gram. Nos esfregaços de Gram foram estudados o escore de Nugent e a presença de bacilos curvos. Nos esfregaços de Papanicolaou foi avaliada a presença de bacilos curvos e de leucócitos. Os dados foram analisados usando Prism 3.0® com intervalo de confiança de 95%, usando teste exato de Fisher pelo método modificado de Wald. RESULTADOS: nos esfregaços de Papanicolaou, bacilos curvos estiveram presentes em 51,7% das vezes. O número de leucócitos variou, embora a presença de poucos leucócitos tenha sido mais freqüente. Nos esfregaços de Gram, bacilos curvos foram observados em 46,8% e o escore de Nugent foi 8 em 48,3% dos casos. O achado de Mobiluncus sp pelos dois métodos ocorreu em 82%. Na presença de bacilos curvos, maior número de leucócitos foi observado em 57,5% dos casos (p <0,0001) e quando o escore de Nugent foi de 9 e 10, a leucocitose ocorreu em 25,6 e 37,2% das vezes, respectivamente. CONCLUSÕES: bacilos curvos são observados, morfologicamente, em cerca de 52% dos casos de vaginose bacteriana. Leucocitose é mais observada na presença de Mobiluncus sp e em casos com escores de Nugent mais altos |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Ginecología y obstetricia, Vaginosis bacteriana, Morfotipos, Leucocitos, Papanicolaou |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Gynecology and obstetrics, Bacterial vaginosis, Morphotypes, Leukocytes, Papanicolaou |
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