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Pregnancy in HIV-Positive Patients: Effects on Vaginal Flora

A high proportion of HIV-infected pregnant women present pathogenic organisms in their lower genital tract. This has been associated with the development of postpartum morbility, HIV transmission to the partner and offspring, and other gynaecological conditions, such as cervical dysplasia or cancer....

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Autores principales: Vallone, Cristina, Rigon, Giuliano, Lucantoni, Valeria, Putignani, Lorenza, Signore, Fabrizio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3362838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22675241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/287849
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author Vallone, Cristina
Rigon, Giuliano
Lucantoni, Valeria
Putignani, Lorenza
Signore, Fabrizio
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description A high proportion of HIV-infected pregnant women present pathogenic organisms in their lower genital tract. This has been associated with the development of postpartum morbility, HIV transmission to the partner and offspring, and other gynaecological conditions, such as cervical dysplasia or cancer. Vaginal flora alterations can range from 47% in Western countries to 89% in Africa in pregnant HIV-positive patients, much higher than about 20% of the general population. Pathogen organism retrieval is high. As peripartum complications due to vaginal infections seem higher in HIV-positive patients, accurate investigation and treatment of such infections are strongly mandatory.
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spelling pubmed-33628382012-06-06 Pregnancy in HIV-Positive Patients: Effects on Vaginal Flora Vallone, Cristina Rigon, Giuliano Lucantoni, Valeria Putignani, Lorenza Signore, Fabrizio Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol Review Article A high proportion of HIV-infected pregnant women present pathogenic organisms in their lower genital tract. This has been associated with the development of postpartum morbility, HIV transmission to the partner and offspring, and other gynaecological conditions, such as cervical dysplasia or cancer. Vaginal flora alterations can range from 47% in Western countries to 89% in Africa in pregnant HIV-positive patients, much higher than about 20% of the general population. Pathogen organism retrieval is high. As peripartum complications due to vaginal infections seem higher in HIV-positive patients, accurate investigation and treatment of such infections are strongly mandatory. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-05-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3362838/ /pubmed/22675241 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/287849 Text en Copyright © 2012 Cristina Vallone et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Vallone, Cristina
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Pregnancy in HIV-Positive Patients: Effects on Vaginal Flora
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3362838/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/287849
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