Abstract
High-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) infection is associated with cervical cancer; imbalanced vaginal microecology may contribute to HPV progression. Currently used methods for clinical vaginal-microecology (CVM) testing are associated with several disadvantages, such as low accuracy and complicated operation. This retrospective study presents a novel testing method to examine vaginal microecology via double-fluorescence staining and explores the relationship between hrHPV and CVM. We analyzed 1242 patients who underwent hrHPV testing at our hospital over a two-month period; of these, 695 also underwent clinical vaginal-microecology testing (CVMT). Patients underwent routine leukorrhea detection (n=322), functional testing (n=277), and our novel double-fluorescence staining-based CVMT approach (n=376). Patients with hrHPV exhibited more epithelial cells, miscellaneous bacteria, and hyphae than those without hrHPV on double-fluorescence staining-based CVMT approach. Double-fluorescence staining was effective in identifying indicators of hrHPV infection and may serve as an auxiliary tool for clinical hrHPV screening.
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