Obstetric And Gynaecological Case Records And Commentaries

Abstract

The total number of women stuiliedwere 409 broken down in five groups as follows:- . N.B.: None pregnant, non-contraceptol"'asre henceforth called

controls.

The controls

Oral contraceptive (O/C) users Lnt.r-aut.ez-Lne Device users (IUD) Depo Provera (DMPA) users Antenatals (ANe)

101 24.796

81 1ge8%

64 15,,6% - 95 . 23.2~~ 68 16.6%

The s exuaLl.y transmitted diseases studied were seven viz:- Syphilis 1 gonorrhoea, Chlamydia, genital herpes, Mycoplasma hominis, t::-ichomoniasisa,nd vaginal moniliais. Cel~vical cytology was a Lso done on all Cases. 'I.'hus three majOl~ gl'O':.:lPS of women frolntwo cl.inicsof the s.::!.me geographic and socioeconomic baCkground ner e studied i.e.. Cbntraceptorsy non-pregnant-ncn-~ontaceptors and pregnant groups~ The infection rate with any type of disease Vias found

to be 47.7% - with one disease or a combination of two'or more. The infection rates of each individual diseases are shown in the results.

Use or non-ius e of method of contraception did not influence the anourrt of dysplasia in ti~is study b Three

Simplex TYP9 IL On virologic stUdies "md two of these