Obstetric And Gynaecological Case Records And Commentaries
Abstract
The total number of women stuiliedwere 409 broken down in five groups as follows:-
.
N.B.: None pregnant, non-contraceptol"'asre henceforth called
controls.
The controls
Oral contraceptive (O/C) users Lnt.r-aut.ez-Lne Device users (IUD) Depo Provera (DMPA) users
Antenatals (ANe)
101 24.796
81 1ge8%
64 15,,6%
- 95 . 23.2~~
68 16.6%
The s exuaLl.y transmitted diseases studied were seven viz:- Syphilis 1 gonorrhoea, Chlamydia, genital herpes, Mycoplasma hominis, t::-ichomoniasisa,nd vaginal moniliais.
Cel~vical cytology was a Lso done on all Cases. 'I.'hus three majOl~ gl'O':.:lPS of women frolntwo cl.inicsof the s.::!.me geographic and socioeconomic baCkground ner e studied i.e..
Cbntraceptorsy non-pregnant-ncn-~ontaceptors and pregnant groups~
The infection rate with any type of disease Vias found
to be 47.7% - with one disease or a combination of two'or more. The infection rates of each individual diseases are
shown in the results.
Use or non-ius e of method of contraception did not influence the anourrt of dysplasia in ti~is study b Three
Simplex TYP9 IL On virologic stUdies "md two of these
Citation
Master of Medicine (Surgery)Publisher
University of Nairobi College of Health Sciences