October 2014

Incidental findings of bacterial vaginosis and other infections in papanicolaou smears of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-uninfected adolescent females in South Africa

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a widely prevalent infection that is associated with a range of adverse outcomes. We compared the rates of incidentally identified BV and other cervico-vaginal infections on Papanicolaou (Pap) smears of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and HIV-uninfected adolescent females in South Africa. Cervical specimens from 50 HIV-uninfected and 32 HIV-infected sexually active South African...

Author(s): Alexie C. Puran, David Adler, Melissa Wallace, Thola Bennie, Angel Phuti, Beau Abar and Linda-Gail Bekker