Common specific cervical infection In cytologic diagnosis
Abstract
AbstractFrom January 1989 to December 1993, 53,526 cervical smears were studied to detect common specifec infection including fungus, Trichomonas, Leptothrix, HSV and HPV infection in Cytology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen Uiversity.
The prevalence of fungus, Trichomonas, Leptothrix, HSV add HPV infection were 17.9% 0.1%, 0.1% and 0.5% respectively. In the 3,414 abnormal Pap smear, the coexisted infection of fungus, Trichomonas, Leptothrix, HSV and HPV infection were 10.2%, 3.5%, 0.1%, 0.7% and 7.5% respectively.
It is noted that, most of these infection could be detected alone much more than coexisting with abnormal Pap smear, except HPV infection where all cases coexisted with abnormal Pap smear. And HSV infection that occurred alone was 55.8% comparing to infection associated with abnormal Pap smear was 44.2% , which is about the same proportion.
The diagnosis of these micro – organism in Pap smear is useful for routine screening examination in the large population study . It is useful in convincing the clinician to pay special attention to the patients, who had HPV and HSV infection. They were considered to be a high risk patients for cervical cancer who should be closely followed in order to detect precncerous lesion which can be satisfactory treated.