Title

Microbial spectrum of cervicovaginal discharge in symptomatic Indian women of reproductive age group

Authors

Neelima Singh^1,*, Dipali Prasad² & Kumar Saurabh³

Affiliation

¹Department of Microbiology, Himalaya Medical College and Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India; ²Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, IGIMS, Patna, Bihar, India; ³Department of Microbiology, IGIMS, Patna, Bihar, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Neelima Singh - E - mail: dr.neelimasingh06@gmail.com
Dipali Prasad - E - mail: dr.dipalipd@gmail.com
Kumar Saurabh - E - mail: kr.saurabh14@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received April 1, 2025; Revised April 30, 2025; Accepted April 30, 2025, Published April 30, 2025

Abstract

Cervicovaginal discharge is commonly caused by infections like aerobic vaginitis (AV), bacterial vaginosis (BV), vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) and trichomoniasis. Microbial growth was found in 77.27% of samples, with AV being the most prevalent (35%) in a study of 220 symptomatic women. Bacterial vaginosis was confirmed using Nugent’s and Amsel’s criteria. Enterococcus spp., E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus were major AV pathogens. Non-albicans Candida species were more common than C. albicans in VVC cases. Hence, accurate microbial identification is vital for targeted therapy, especially given rising non-albicans Candida prevalence.

Keywords

Cervicovaginal discharge, bacterial vaginosis, aerobic vaginitis, vulvovaginal candidiasis, Trichomonas vaginalis, microbial spectrum, reproductive health

Citation

Singh et al. Bioinformation 21(4): 853-857 (2025)

Edited by

Hiroj Bagde MDS, (PhD), PGDCR, PGDHHM, PGDL, PGDM

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.