BACKGROUND Existing studies regarding women's experiences surrounding an External Cephalic Version (ECV) report on women who have a persistent breech post ECV and give birth by caesarean section, or on women who had successful ECVs and plan for a vaginal birth. There is a paucity of understanding about the experience of women who attempt an ECV then plan a vaginal breech birth when their baby r...

background: the effect of temperature and humidity on the maturation of toxocara cati eggs in an in vitro system was investigated. methods: suspensions of toxocara cati eggs, with 5% formalin/saline or 2.5% formalin/ringer were prepared and maintained at 37 °c under 40% humidity or at 25 °c under 98% humidity for 3 weeks for egg development. results: the suspension sample mixed by 2.5% formalin...

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common cause of abnormal vaginal discharge in reproductive age women. It is associated with increased susceptibility to HIV/STI and adverse birth outcomes. Diagnosis of BV in resource-poor settings like India is challenging. With little laboratory infrastructure there is a need for objective point-of-care diagnostic tests. Vaginal swabs were collected from w...

background: endometriosis is a chronic and progressive gynecological disorder and is manifest by dysmenorrhea and a major cause of infertility and chronic pelvic pain. the study was designed to compare the value of cervico-vaginal fluid of interleukin-1? (il-1?) in patients with and without endometriosis. materials and methods: fifty women were assessed in this case control study. the case grou...

BACKGROUND Currently, vaginal examination is the gold standard for assessment of labor progress. The World Health Organization emphasizes that the number of vaginal examinations should be limited where it is necessary. OBJECTIVES Therefore, this study aimed to determine the diagnostic accuracy of purple line in the prediction of labor progress. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional s...

BACKGROUND Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most significant cause of cervical cancer. In view of the number of drawbacks associated with endocervical sampling, the gold standard for HPV detection, this study examined the utility and specificity of vaginal sampling as an alternative for endocervical sampling for the routine detection of HPV. CASE STUDY The study comprised 51 women who tested...

Anti-HIV microbicides are being investigated in clinical trials and understanding how promising strategies work, coincident with demonstrating efficacy in vivo, is central to advancing new generation microbicides. We evaluated Carraguard and a new generation Carraguard-based formulation containing the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) MIV-150 (PC-817). Since dendritic cells...

To study the factors associated with vaginal birth after one cesarean section, to evaluate fetal and maternal outcome in VBAC deliveries, It is a case control prospective study conducted in department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Kamla Raja Hospital, Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior (M.P.) from November 2013 to October 2014. Inclusion criteria: Previous 1 LSCS, No contraindication to trial of...

Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) is the most common cause of vaginitis. If untreated, it is associated with serious complications. BV is a poly-microbial, synergistic infection, involving over-growth of multiple bacterial pathogens. Vaginal flora becomes altered leading to increased pH due to decrease in lactobacilli (which produce H2O2).Although Nugent's criterion is considered as the gold standard in...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of cervicovaginal infections in normal third-trimester pregnant women and evaluate the accuracy of clinical diagnosis. diagnosis was based on the characteristics of the vaginal discharge, and the etiological diagnosis was based on bacterioscopy of the vaginal secretion and direct immunofluorescence for Chlamydia trachomatis. The ...