Abstract
Pregnant women are prone to vaginal infection.OpsommingVaginale infeksies kom algemeen by swanger vroue voor.
 
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Highlights
Pregnant women are prone to vaginal infection
OF THE STUDY The purpose of the study was to compare the results of diagnosis made by using history-taking and clinical assessment method with that made by using a microscope and examining wet mount specimens
Concerning the 39 respondent who were diagnosed as having Trichomonas vaginalis infection, 13 were confirmed as having Trichomonas infection
Summary
At Primary Health Care Clinics diagnosis of causative organism of vaginal infections is made by using history-taking and assessment of clinical picture methods. The accuracy of these methods is investigated in this study by comparing the results obtained by historytaking and assessment of clinical picture with that which is obtained by examining wet mount specimens under a microscope. Vaginal infections, caused by Gardnerella vaginalis was not diagnosed in any of the cases while the historytaking and assessment of clinical picture methods were used. It did occur in 11 cases and was diagnosed by the method of examining wet mount slides. Persistent vaginal infection in a pregnant woman, can lead to genital and oral thrust of the neonate (after birth), neonatal respiratory tract infection, preterm labour, urinary tract infection and chronic cervicitis and postpartum endometritis
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