Infection status of various pathogens and proportion of pathogenic factors in 1 895 women with vaginitis.

Objective:To investigate the prevalence of female vaginitis, understand the pathogenic factors of female vaginitis in women of different ages.Methods:1895 patients were divided into three groups according to age, vaginal secretions were examined by routine smear, sialidase test, Gram staining and microscopic examination, PCR detection.Results:The pathogens of vaginitis included candida albicans (28.5%), gardnerella vaginalis (19.4%), trachomatis (15.1%), trichomonas vaginalis (14.4%), neisseria gonorrhoeae (5.8%) and other pathogens (4.1%); mixed infection of two pathogens existed in 263 patients, the incidence of vaginitis in patients aged 18～34 years old was the highest, ranking the first, except confounding factors, among patients aged 18～34 years old, the incidence of candida albicans infection was the highest, the second was trachomatis infection; among patients aged 35～50 years old, the main pathogens of vaginitis were candida albicans and gardnerella vaginalis, the second was trichomonas vaginalis.Conclusion:Candida albicans is the main pathogen of female vaginitis, mixed infection should be paid more attention to in diagnosis and treatment of vaginitis, the proportions of various pathogens in vaginitis of women of different ages are different, which may be related to age-related physiological factors and individual behavior factors.