Research Article
Inflammation on the Cervical Papanicolaou Smear: Evidence for Infection in Asymptomatic Women?
Table 1
Culture results in study groups. Figures are numbers (percentages).
| Culture results | Inflammation () | No inflammation () | P value |
| Negative cultures | 251 (40.4) | 332 (67.1) | <0.001 | Positive cultures | 371 (59.6) | 163 (32.9) | <0.001 | Bacterial vaginosis | 274 | 136 | <0.02 | Candida spp. | 43 | 12 | NS | C. trachomatis | 3 | 0 | NS | T. vaginalis | 2 | 0 | NS | Aerobic vaginitis | 49 | 15 | NS |
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