Association between Bacterial Vaginosis and Preterm Delivery and Birth-Weight in Infant

Preterm birth and low birth weight are important causes of mortality in infants This study aimed to determine the relationship between bacterial vaginosis with low birth weight and PROM. This analytic study was performed on vaginal discharge of 751 pregnant women in 23-26 weeks between 1387 to 1389 years in Qazvin health centers.The method of cluster samples were selected. Samples are analayzed with Nuget method. Data were evaluated with chi-square test. results showed that they were 734 (97.7%) negative test of bacterial vaginosis and 17 (2.3%) case were positive. Migration due to a number of people it was not possible to check the delivery status. Of 697 patients with negative bacterial vaginosis, 72 of whom (10.3%) had PROM, and in other group four cases (23.5%) had PROM. This difference was not statistically significant. The significant difference did not exist between bacterial vaginosis and preterm delivery and LBW.