Status of common sexually transmitted infection in population referred for colposcopy and correlation with human papillomavirus infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To investigate the prevalence of common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and the association of STI/human papillomavirus co-infection in young and middle-aged women with previous abnormal cervical findings referred for colposcopy.

Methods

719 cervical-swab cytobrush specimens were obtained from women aged ≤ 50 years who were referred for colposcopy at Peking University First Hospital due to previous abnormal cervical findings. HPV 21 typing and a panel of pathogenic STIs were tested for using the 21 HPV GenoArray Diagnostic Kit (HBGA-21PKG; HybriBio, Ltd., Chaozhou, China) and a nucleic acid STI detection kit (HybriBio Ltd. Guangzhou, China), after which colposcopy with multipoint positioning biopsy was performed.

Results

The overall prevalence of STI

SUBMITTER: A D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10634156 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature