GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH MOBILUNCUS SPP IN ADULT WOMEN WITH VAGINOSIS. JIPIJAPA, PERIOD JANUARY 2022 - JULY 2023

Introduction: Vaginosis is a polybacterial disease, whose association of etiological agents is still not clear, so it is necessary to monitor its prevalence and symbiosis with other microorganisms involved. Objective: Establish the prevalence and association between Gardnerella vaginalis and Mobiluncus spp, which influence the presence of symptoms in adult women with vaginosis, Jipijapa period January 2022 - July 2023. Methods: An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study was carried out. The sample included 501 adult women treated at the Jipijapa Health Center, Manabí Province, with or without vaginosis symptoms. The necessary ethical aspects were met. The prevalence of vaginosis due to Gardnerella vaginalis and Mobiluncus spp. was calculated, classifying it as simple or mixed infection and with descriptive statistical tests and association tests by age, origin and presence of symptoms. Results: A general prevalence of vaginosis of 25.7% is evident, 97% (p<0.0001) of cases caused by Gardnerella vaginalis, 3.1% by Mobiluncus spp. and 3.9% mixed infections. The prevalence decreased with the age of the patients, with the highest frequency (p=0.0002) in the age group of 25-34 years, 99.2% of the selected women were from urban origin and the presence of symptoms was observed in 48.8% of women with vaginosis; However, 100% of mixed infections presented clinical symptoms. Conclusions: No association was found between the prevalence of simple or mixed infection with the presence of symptoms in patients. Epidemiological findings are confirmed and the results demonstrate that colonization by Mobiluncus spp. It is not a predisposing factor to Gardnerella vaginalis infection in this population group.

• Glavni autor: Villamar González, Freddy Javier (author)
• Daljnji autori: Merchán Villafuerte, Karina Marisela (author), Véliz Castro, Teresa Isabel (author)
• Format: article
• Jezik: spa
• Izdano: 2024
• Teme: adultez, disbiosis, ecuador, epidemiología, microbioma vaginal, patologías vaginales; adulthood, dysbiosis, ecuador, epidemiology, vaginal microbiome, vaginal pathologies.
• Online pristup: https://revistas.uta.edu.ec/erevista/index.php/enfi/article/view/2517