| microbiology of vaginal discharge in nairobi, kenya. | among women attending a sexually transmitted disease (std) clinic in nairobi with vaginal discharge, neisseria gonorrhoeae and chlamydia trachomatis were isolated from the cervix in 32 (26%) of 122 and four (7%) of 58 women respectively. infection with trichomonas vaginalis, candida albicans, gardnerella vaginalis, and mycoplasma spp were diagnosed in 42 of 122 (34%), 26 of 110 (24%), 75 of 100 (75%), and 42 of 89 (47%) women respectively. mixed infections with at least two pathogens were found ... | 1983 | 6405973 |
| molecular definition of vaginal microbiota in east african commercial sex workers. | resistance to hiv infection in a cohort of commercial sex workers (csw) living in nairobi, kenya is linked to mucosal and anti-inflammatory factors that may be influenced by vaginal microbiota. since bacterial vaginosis (bv), a polymicrobial dysbiosis characterized by low levels of protective lactobacillus organisms, is an established risk factor for hiv infection, we investigated whether vaginal microbiology was associated with hiv-exposed seronegative (hesn) or hiv-seropositive (hiv+) status i ... | 2011 | 21531840 |