Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in a group of adolescents attending a perinatal care institute
Arredondo García, J.L.; Narcio Reyes, M.L.; Casanova Román, G.; Figueroa Damián, R.
Gaceta Medica de Mexico 129(1): 75-79
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-3813 PMID: 8063080 Document Number: 405326
To start an active sexual activity at an earlier age and with a larger number of partners, has arousen the frequency of sexually transmitted diseases (STS). The teenagers are a group particularly affected. The objective of this article is to report the etiology of STD in a group of teenagers, out-patients at the Instituto Nacional de Perinatologia (INPer). The study includes 1360 patients at the clinic of STD at the INPer, 8.5 percent were less than 20 years old; 18.9 percent of them had previously a STD. The most frequent pathology was cervicovaginitis and the most frequently isolated pathogens were Candida sp, Gardnerella vaginalis and Ureaplasma urealyticum. There were no cases of gonorrhea. Three patients had Immunodeficiency Syndrome.