Open AccessEstimation of the incidence of bacterial vaginosis and other vaginal infections and its consequences on maternal/fetal outcome in pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic in a tertiary care hospital in North India
Author(s) -
Indu Lata,
Yashodhara Pradeep,
. Sujata,
Amita Jain
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.66855
Subject(s) - bacterial vaginosis , medicine , obstetrics , pregnancy , incidence (geometry) , prospective cohort study , odds ratio , cohort study , gynecology , genetics , physics , optics , biology
This study was undertaken to estimate the incidence of bacterial vaginosis (BV) and other vaginal infections during pregnancy and its association with urinary tract infections (UTI) and its consequences on pregnancy outcome, maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality.