Gestantes atendidas no setor de DST - UFF em 1995

Mauro Romero Leal Passos; Alberto Saraiva Tibúrcio; Rogério Rodrigues Tavares; Celia Maria Pedrosa Stadnick; Vandira Maria dos Santos Pinheiro

Authors

Mauro Romero Leal Passos Universidade Federal Fluminense
Alberto Saraiva Tibúrcio Universidade Federal Fluminense
Rogério Rodrigues Tavares Universidade Federal Fluminense
Celia Maria Pedrosa Stadnick
Vandira Maria dos Santos Pinheiro Universidade Federal Fluminense

Keywords:

Pregnancy and STD, STD, Pregnancy

Abstract

Sexually transmitted disesases are frequently diagnosed among pregnant women. ln 1995, 34 (4.9%) of 694 new female pacients at rhe STD Sector of the Fluminense Federal University in Niterói, Brazil, were pregnanr. 28 (82,3%) of chese had STDs. HPV infection was the most common diagnosis.followed by vaginosis. Many among che pregnant women were teenagers or housewives with low education and income leveis. Most had a single exclusive partner. The author emphasize the importance of well supervised pre-natal exams to allow for early detecrion and tratament of these infections