Švitrigailė Grincevičienė, Daiva Vaitkienė, Daiva Kanopienė, Rasa Vansevičiūtė Petkevičienė, Artūras Sukovas, Joana Celiešiūtė, Ernesta Ivanauskaitė Didžiokienė, Arvydas Čižauskas, Aida Laurinavičienė, Dovilė Stravinskienė, Jonas Grincevičius, Daumantas Matulis, Jurgita Matulienė
The aim of this study was to analyze the association between vaginal microbiota, carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) and histological findings of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). The study included 132 females, among them 66 were diagnosed with high-grade intraepithelial lesion (CIN2, CIN3, and cancer), 14 with low-grade disease, and 52 assigned to the control group. An interview focused on the behavior risk factors, together with vaginal fluid pH measurement, wet mount microscopy, detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, and Trichomonas vaginalis were performed...
April 16, 2024: Scientific Reports