A study on outcome of pregnancy among bacterial vaginosis positive cases attending to a tertiary care hospital, Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

Objective: To study the out come of pregnancy among bacterial vaginosis positive antenatal women. Design: Hospital based prospective observational study. Setting: G.S.L. medical college, Rajahmundry. A.P. Materials and methods: 500 antenatal women were Takenat Gsl medical college and examined 72 antenatal women were found to be positive. Conclusion:Our study further lays credentials to the fact that BV is associated with adverse pregnancy outcome and should be looked for early in pregnancy. Routine screening of antenatal women, for Bacterial vaginosis will result in the decrease of adverse pregnancy outcome.