Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance: Bethesda Classification and Association with Human Papillomavirus

Table 1

Distribution of patients with an initial diagnosis of ASCUS which, upon review, were reclassified as normal/inflammatory, ASCUS of a probably reactive nature, and ASCUS of a probably neoplastic nature, in relation to infection.

	Cytology
Agent	Normal/inflammatory 𝑁 (%)	ASCUS
		Probably reactive 𝑁 (%)	Probably neoplastic 𝑁 (%)	ASC-US 𝑁 (%)	ASC-H 𝑁(%)
Candida sp.	4 (13.4)	9 (23.6)	4 (12.5)	13 (21)	0
Bacterial vaginosis	2 (6.6)	6 (15.8)	6 (18.7)	12 (19.3)	0
Trichomonas vaginalis	0	2 (5.2)	0	2 (3.2)	0
No infection	24 (80.0)	21 (55.2)	22 (68.7)	35 (56.4)	8 (100)
Total cases by group	30	38	32	62*	8

* 𝑃=.0196 versus ASC-H, Fisher’s exact test.