Our kit was found to be as sensitive and specific as commercially available kits. Its low cost and ease of use will make it suitable for the routine diagnosis of C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae in the resource-limited settings of developing countries.

Poster presentations Conclusion In patients with STIs/HIV, when using syndromic approach nearly half of the male patients had uretharal discharge syndrome and over half of female patients had vaginal discharge syndrome. Etiologically, genital warts due to HPV were the most common cause.

BackgroundA prospective cohort was conducted to assess the prevalence of seven RTIs/STIs in adolescent asymptomatic pregnant women to find a significant correlation between infection and pregnancy.MethodsThe study was restricted to 18–19 years of asymptomatic adolescent pregnant women attending Ante-Natal Care and the health status of the pregnant women were followed up to parturition. The health status of the infant was followed till 6 months post-delivery. The prevalence of the concerning pathogens and the significance of their association with adverse outcomes of pregnancy were determined.ResultsAmong 279 subjects, the most significant co-infections were observed for M. hominis with U. parvum (9.31%; p-value–0.0071/OR−2.6421) and U. urealyticum (7.88%; p-value–0.0119/OR−2.6455). Statistically significant associations were found between C. trachomatis [(p-value-0.0439); OR−2.9902] and M. genitalium [(p-value−0.0284); OR−3.442] with PTB, N. gonorrhoeae with LBW <2.5 kg [(p-value−0.0052);OR−4.9017], U. urealyticum with VLBW <2 kg [(p-value-0.0262);OR−3.0207], M. genitalium [(p-value-0.0184); OR−11.7976] and T. vaginalis with PROM [(p-value 0.0063); OR−19.4275] while M. genitalium [(p-value 0.0190); OR–12.9230] and U. urealyticum [(p-value 0.0063); OR-14.5149] with PPROM with 95% CI respectively.ConclusionsAsymptomatic adolescents are at high risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes if infected with the concerned pathogens.

were associated with increased likelihood of STI (p £ 0.05). Condom use was protective (OR 0.32; 95% CI 0.11-0.94). Conclusion There was considerable demand for STI screening, and a substantial burden of STIs was observed. These findings support the need for reproductive health interventions to reduce adolescent risk for STIs, pregnancy, and their complications.

Ghope et al.: Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Trichomonas vaginalis infection in pregnant adolescent women and its association with pregnancy outcomes. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 3):E33.