The incidence of selected vaginal infections among pregnant urban blacks

A total of 232 Black antenatal patients was assessed in a cross-sectional study and a total of 80 in a longitudinal study. Trichomonas vaginalis infection occurred almost twice as frequently as Candida albicans infection. Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection was present in 10% of patients, and mixed infections were present in 34% of patients.