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Genital infections and risk of premature rupture of membranes in Mulago Hospital, Uganda: a case control study

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Title
Genital infections and risk of premature rupture of membranes in Mulago Hospital, Uganda: a case control study
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BMC Research Notes, October 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13104-015-1545-6
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Sarah Nakubulwa, Dan K. Kaye, Freddie Bwanga, Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Florence M. Mirembe

Abstract

Inflammatory mediators that weaken and cause membrane rupture are released during the course of genital infections among pregnant women. We set out to determine the association of common genital infections (Trichomonas vaginalis, syphilis, Neisseria gonorrhea, Chlamydia trachomatis, Group B Streptococcus, Bacterial vaginosis, Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 and candidiasis) and premature rupture of membranes in Mulago hospital, Uganda. We conducted an unmatched case-control study among women who were in the third trimester of pregnancy at New Mulago hospital, Uganda. The cases had PROM and the controls had intact membranes during latent phase of labour in the labour ward. We used interviewer-administered questionnaires to collect data on socio-demographic characteristics, obstetric and medical history. Laboratory tests were conducted to identify T. vaginalis, syphilis, N. gonorrhea, C. trachomatis, Group B Streptococcus, Bacterial vaginosis, Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2) and candidiasis. Logistic regression models were used to estimate the odds ratios (OR) and 95 % CI of the association between genital infections and PROM. There was an association between PROM and abnormal vaginal discharge (OR = 2.02, 95 % CI 1.10-3.70 and AOR = 2.30, 95 % CI 1.18-4.47), presence of candidiasis (OR = 0.27, 95 % CI 0.14-0.52 and AOR = 0.22, 95 % CI 0.10-0.46) and T. vaginalis (OR = 2.98, 95 % CI 1.18-7.56 and AOR = 4.22, 95 % CI 1.51-11.80). However, there was no association between PROM and presence of C. trachomatis (OR = 2.05, 95 % CI 0.37-11.49) and HSV-2 serostatus (OR = 1.15, 95 % CI 0.63-2.09). Few or no patients with Bacterial vaginosis, Neisseria gonorrhoea, Group B streptococcus or syphilis were identified among the cases and controls. Co-infection of Trichomoniasis and candidiasis was not associated with PROM (AOR = 1.34, 95 % CI 0.16-11.10). Co infection with T. vaginalis and C. trachomatis was associated with PROM (OR = 3.09, 95 % CI 1.21-7.84 and AOR = 4.22, 95 % CI 1.51-11.83). Trichomonas vaginalis alone, T. vaginalis with C. trachomatis co-infection and abnormal per vaginal discharge were found as risk factors for PROM. There was no association of HSV-2 serostatus, syphilis, N. gonorrhea, C. trachomatis, Group B Streptococcus and Bacterial vaginosis with PROM. Candidiasis seemed to have a protective effect on PROM.

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Unknown 214 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 32 15%
Student > Master 25 12%
Student > Postgraduate 21 10%
Other 9 4%
Researcher 9 4%
Other 30 14%
Unknown 88 41%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 74 35%
Nursing and Health Professions 20 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 3%
Social Sciences 3 1%
Other 10 5%
Unknown 92 43%
Attention Score in Context

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