P374 Characteristics of pregnant women, partners, and partner treatment preferences among women undergoing sexually transmitted infection screening, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Abstract

cells/hpf) in patients with U.urealyticum, though this may be attributed to coexisting NG. Agents isolated from endocervix were Ureaplasma parvum 26(40.6%), N.gonorrhoeae, 17 (26.6%), Mycoplasma hominis 11(17.2%), HSV2, 9(14.1%), Ureaplasma urealyticum 5(7.8%), T.vaginalis 4(6.3%), HSV1 and C.trachomatis, 1 each(1.6%) and Mycoplasma genitalium (0%). Bacterial vaginosis was diagnosed in 14(21.9%) patients. Multiple, two, three, four and five agents were isolated in 10, 6, 6 and 1patients respectively. Isolation of M.hominis and U. parvum was significantly associated with bacterial vaginosis (p value 0.04 & 0.003 respectively). Non-usage of condoms predisposed to cervicitis. Conclusion Few C.trachomatis isolates, absence of M.genitalium and increasing prevalence of HSV, highlights the changing etiological pattern of cervicitis. Though U.parvum and M. hominis are usually commensals their high isolation, association with bacterial vaginosis and propensity to cause diseases in preterm infants and extragenital infections puts forth the need for further studies and regular monitoring of agents implicated in cervicitis.