TITLE:
Vaginal Infections in Pregnant Women at the Bè Hospital in Lomé (Togo) from 2008 to 2013
AUTHORS:
Koku A. Dakey, Téou Alfa, Yaovi A. Bossa, Komlan Amevo, Amétépé Kpotsra, Yaovi Ameyapoh
KEYWORDS:
Vaginal Infection, Bacterial Vaginosis, Vaginitis Infectious, Pregnancy, Togo
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.5 No.3,
March
26,
2018
ABSTRACT: Sexually transmitted infections remain a public health problem almost all around the world. Women of childbearing age frequently have vulvovaginitis. The aim of this work is to evaluate the prevalence of the main germs responsible for vaginal infections in pregnant women who have had their vaginal swabs taken at Bè hospital. We conducted a retrospective study between May 2008 and December 2013, on 126 pregnant women in whom a vaginal swab was performed. We vaginally sampled 126 pregnant women, of whom 90 or 71.43% had vaginal infections. Candida albicans was the most frequently isolated species (47.97%) followed by Gardnerella vaginalis (38.21%). The most affected age group was between 25 and 30 years old. Candida albicans were respectively resistant to miconazole, clotrimazole and econazole. Our study showed that pregnant women are highly exposed to vaginal infections with a predominance of Candida albicans and Gardnerella vaginalis. This shows that it is necessary to do at least one culture of vaginal swabs during pregnancy for each woman.