Results: 25

Intervención educativa para incrementar el nivel de conocimientos sobre infección vaginal en gestantes
Educational intervention to increase the level of knowledge about vaginal infection in pregnant women

Rev. inf. cient; 97 (4), 2018
Introducción: las infecciones vaginales afectan a mujeres de todas las edades, que en su mayoría han presentado la enfermedad en algún momento de su vida, no se refieren diferencias en relación con la raza u origen étnico. Objetivo: diseñar una intervención educativa que permita incrementar el niv...

Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and factors associated among women who have sex with women

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and factors associated among women who have sex with women. Method: cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study with 150 women. The vaginal microbiota profile was analyzed by microscopic examination of vaginal swabs according t...

Assessment of cow and farm level risk factors associated with Ureaplasma diversum in pasture-based dairy systems - A field study

An. acad. bras. ciênc; 89 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Potential risk factors for Ureaplasma diversum in the vaginal mucus of 1,238 dairy cows were included in a multivariate logistic regression model, based on the cow level (i.e., granular vulvovaginitis [+GVV], yearly milk production [4500 kg or more], pregnancy, predominance of Bos taurus [+Bos T...

Molecular characterization of ureaplasmas isolated from reproductive tract of goats and sheep from Brazil

Braz. j. microbiol; 48 (3), 2017
Abstract Ovine/caprine ureaplasmas have not yet been assigned a species designation, but they have been classified into nine serotypes. Herein ureaplasmas were searched for in 120 samples of vulvo vaginal mucous from sheep and 98 samples from goats at 17 farms. In addition, semen samples were collected f...

Infección neonatal y tamizaje universal para Streptococcus agalactiae (β -hemolítico del grupo B) a la mujer embarazada: Recomendación técnica

Rev. chil. infectol; 34 (3), 2017

Group B Streptococcus detection in pregnant women via culture and PCR methods

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Group B Streptococcus (GBS), a source of neonatal infection, colonizes the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts of pregnant women. Routine screening for maternal GBS in late pregnancy and consequent intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis have reduced the incidence of early-onset...

Species distribution and antifungal susceptibility patterns of Candida isolates from a public tertiary teaching hospital in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 50 (6), 2017
Candida species are the leading cause of invasive fungal infections, and over the past decade there has been an increased isolation of drug resistant Candida species. This study aimed to identify the species distribution of Candida isolates and to determine their unique antifungal susceptibility and resi...

Grau de satisfação de mulheres que usaram absorvente higiênico "respirável" externo por 75 dias consecutivos

Introdução: as mulheres modernas desenvolvem 10 a 12 horas de trabalhos consecutivos sem ter facilidades para sua higiene genital, fato que motivou o uso frequente de absorventes higiênicos no período intermenstrual. Objetivo: verificar a satisfação das voluntárias após 75 dias do uso de absorven...

Ensayo clínico de tratamiento de la infección vaginal durante el embarazo y su relación con la incidencia de ruptura prematura de membranas
Clinical trial about the incidence of vaginal infection in pregnancy in relationship to premature rupture of membranes

Rev. sanid. mil; 54 (1), 2000
La ruptura prematura de membranas se define como la salida de líquido amniótico a través de la vagina antes del inicio de la actividad uterina, entre la semana 20-44. Su presencia durante el embarazo, y en especial antes del término, es una de las principales causas de morbimortalidad materno-fetal e...

Vaginosis bacteriana: diagnóstico mediante tinción de Gram de muestra obtenida por dos procedimientos
Bacterial vaginosis: diagnosis by Gram stain of vaginal smear obtained by 2 procedures

Rev. chil. infectol; 16 (2), 1999
Con el objeto de conocer si la tinción de gram de un frotis vaginal obtenido en forma ciega pudiera ser útil para evaluar la flora bacteriana vaginal, particularmente para el diagnóstico de vaginosis bacteriana (VR), se examinaron y estudiaron 53 pacientes embarazadas. Se obtuvieron dos frotis de cada...