Shahida Shaikh|Saleem Akhter Shaikhm|Basma Zia
BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS;
Chandka Medical College|Chandka Medical College|Chandka Medical College
objective establish frequency bacterial vaginosis asymptomatic pregnant women study design crossst sectional descriptive study setting private tertiary care hospital larkana period 1 june 2011 31st december 2011 materialand methods 120 asymptomatic pregnant women 1428 weeks gestation included study fulfilling selectioncriteria high vaginal swab stick dipped secretion speculum slides made sent attached laboratory forclue cells vaginal ph tested ph paper change color noted whiff test performed adding two drops koh onposterior blade speculum fishy odour diagnosis bacterial vaginosis made help amsels criteria presence ofgt3 signs labeled bacterial vaginosis positive data analysis done statistical package social science spss version 13results although total 120 patients recruited study present symptom vaginal discharge thefrequency pregnant women bacterial vaginosis quite high total 77 641 patients discovered positive bacterialvaginosis 43 358 patients samples negative bacterial vaginosis mean age patients 2856 371years mean gestational age 2465 234 weeks homogenous milky discharge observed total 65 5416 patientswhile rest patients detect discharge bacterial vaginosis prevalent women belonging lowsocioeconomic group low literacy rate conclusions frequency bacterial vaginosis found high amongasymptomatic pregnant women timely diagnosis helpful treating complications related