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Serologic profile of some sexually transmitted diseases in women with squamous intraepithelial lesions
1Department of Gynecology of the Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal.
Unlabelled:
The purpose of this study consisted of the evaluation of some sexually transmitted diseases in patients with cervical pathology, namely squamous intraepithelial lesions.
Methods:
a prospective study was performed. Patients with an abnormal cervical smear were submitted to colposcopy, directed biopsy and an immunologic assay for Chlamydia, Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) types 1 and 2, Cytomegalovirus, Treponema pallidum, Hepatitis B and Human Immunodeficiency Virus I and II. The same parameters were evaluated in women with normal cervical cytology in a matched control group. A comparative study was performed evaluating some epidemiological parameters and the referred immunologic assays.
Results:
118 patients were separated into four groups. Statistically significant differences were observed in the personal history of fungi infections, as well as Chlamydia and HSV 2 IgM.
Conclusion:
immunologic assays may prove useful in identifying sexually-transmitted diseases, especially Chlamydia and HSV 2 infections, in Human Papillomavirus infected women.