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01-10-2016 | Original Article

Study to Evaluate Targeted Management and Syndromic Management in Women Presenting with Abnormal Vaginal Discharge

Authors: Veena Meena, Charu Lata Bansal

Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India | Special Issue 1/2016

Abstract

Introduction

Vaginal discharge is a commonest complaint among women in reproductive age group. Infective vaginal discharge can be broadly categorized into vaginitis or mucopurulent cervicitis. Vaginitis is predominantly caused by bacterial vaginosis, vaginal candidiasis, vaginal trichomoniasis, etc. Mucopurulent cervicitis is due to chlamydia or gonococcal infection. The targeted management is based on identification of causative organism and targeting the therapy against it, while syndromic management is based on high risk factors’s presence.

Aims and Objectives

To study the effect of targeted management as compared to syndromic management in achieving a complete cure for abnormal vaginal discharge and to study the microbial flora of women presenting with abnormal vaginal discharge.

Method

The study is a randomized control trial conducted at tertiary health care on 200 women who presented with abnormal vaginal discharge, distributed in two groups A and B each consisted of 100 women. Group A underwent laboratory investigations, and treatment was started as soon as reports were available. Group B was given syndromic management based on high risk factors’s presence. Both groups were followed up after 2 weeks.

Results

The prevalence of various organisms in vaginal discharge was candidiasis 39 %, bacterial vaginosis 28 %, trichomoniasis 5 %, N. gonorrhoeae 5 % and chlamydia 2 % among the 100 women in group A. Response to treatment for vaginitis was 76.3 % in group A, whereas it was 41 % in group B. With cervicitis, 71.4 % women responded to treatment in targeted group as compared to 54 % in syndromic management group.

Conclusion

There is a potential disadvantage of syndromic management because of its total reliability on a subjective clinical assessment.

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Title: Study to Evaluate Targeted Management and Syndromic Management in Women Presenting with Abnormal Vaginal Discharge
Authors: Veena Meena
Charu Lata Bansal
Publication date: 01-10-2016
Publisher: Springer India
Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India / Issue Special Issue 1/2016
Print ISSN: 0971-9202
Electronic ISSN: 0975-6434
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-016-0879-x

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