1. Is bacterial vaginosis a sexually transmitted disease?
- Author
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Platz-Christensen Jj, Per-Göran Larsson, and Sundström E
- Subjects
Sexually transmitted disease ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Sexual Behavior ,Sexually Transmitted Diseases ,Dermatology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Medicine ,Humans ,Mass Screening ,Pharmacology (medical) ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Health screening ,Sweden ,Vaginal Smears ,030505 public health ,business.industry ,Obstetrics ,Smoking ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Age Factors ,Vaginosis, Bacterial ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Sexual intercourse ,Infectious Diseases ,Sexual Partners ,Female ,Bacterial vaginosis ,0305 other medical science ,business ,Clue cell - Abstract
The sexual behaviour of 400 women with and 400 women without bacterial vaginosis from a health screening programme was investigated by a questionnaire to see if women with bacterial vaginosis had similar behaviours to women considered at risk for STDs. These patients were randomly selected from computer records. Eight hundred questionnaires were distributed and 641 women answered. The age of first sexual intercourse was lower among women with bacterial vaginosis (17.8 years) than those without (18.6 years; P < 0.001). Number of lifetime sexual partners was higher among women with bacterial vaginosis ( P < 0.001). Women with bacterial vaginosis smoked or had smoked more often. These results indicate that women with bacterial vaginosis have similar sexual behaviour to those at risk for STDs.
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- 1991