Monitoring sexually transmitted infections in cervicovaginal exfoliative samples in mexican women

Fabiola Hernández-Rosas, Manuel Rey-Barrera, Ulises Conejo-Saucedo, Erika Orozco-Hernández, Liliana Maza-Sánchez, Enrique Navarro-Vidal, Yasmín López-Vera, María Del Carmen Ascencio-Gordillo, Mercedes Piedad de León-Bautista

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Abstract

Background. Globally, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are a major cause of morbidity in sexually active individuals, having complications in reproduction health and quality of life. In concordance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the study aimed to investigate the prevalence of Candida spp., Ureaplasma spp., Trichomonas vaginalis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, HSV, and Mycoplasma spp. from cervicovaginal samples and to correlate them with the gynecological history of the patients. Methods. Our analytical, prospective, and cross-sectional study included 377 women who participated in a reproductive health campaign during 2015–2016. Anthropometric and gynecological variables were obtained. Cervicovaginal specimens were collected and analyzed with a multiplex in-house PCR to detect Candida spp., Ureaplasma spp., Trichomonas vaginalis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, HSV, Mycoplasma spp., and Chlamydia trachomatis. Results. The positive cases were 175/377 (46.4%) to at least one of the microorganisms. The most frequent pathogen detected in this population was Ureaplasma spp. (n = 111, 29.4%), followed by Mycoplasma spp. (n = 56, 14.9%) and Candida spp. (n = 47, 12.5%); 33.7% of the positive cases were single infections, whereas 12.7% had coinfection. The multiplex PCR assay was designed targeting nucleotide sequences. Conclusions. Our data demonstrated that monitoring STIs among asymptomatic patients will encourage target programs to be more precisely and effectively implemented, as well as make these programs more affordable, to benefit society by decreasing the prevalence of STIs.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1618
JournalPathogens
Volume10
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2021

Keywords

  • PCR multiplex detection
  • Sexually transmitted infection
  • Sustainable development goals

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