Cervical HPV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Bacterial Pathogens and Cytology Findings-A Molecular Epidemiology Study.

作者信息

Valasoulis George, Pouliakis Abraham, Michail Georgios, Magaliou Ioulia, Parthenis Christos, Margari Niki, Kottaridi Christine, Spathis Aris, Leventakou Danai, Ieronimaki Argyro-Ioanna, Androutsopoulos Georgios, Panagopoulos Periklis, Daponte Alexandros, Tsiodras Sotirios, Panayiotides Ioannis G

机构信息

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical School, University of Thessaly, 41500 Larisa, Greece.

Department of Midwifery, School of Health Sciences, University of Western Macedonia, 50100 Kozani, Greece.

出版信息

Pathogens. 2023 Nov 14;12(11):1347. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12111347.

Abstract

Prevalent cervical HPV infection and high-risk HPV persistence consequences have been extensively investigated in the literature; nevertheless, any causative interrelations of other sexually transmitted bacterial infections (STIs) with cervical HPV infection have not yet been fully elucidated. This study aimed to investigate the possible association of STIs with cervical cytology aberrations and HPV genotyping results in a representative sample of predominantly young Greek women. Liquid-based cytology and molecular detection for bacterial STIs and HPV as well as extended HPV genotyping were simultaneously assessed in cervical samples from 2256 individuals visiting several urban outpatient Gynecology Departments for well-woman visits or cervical screening throughout a 20-month period. All specimens were centrally processed with validated molecular assays. The mean age of the studied women was 37.0 ± 11.7 years; 722 women (33.30%) tested positive for STI (mean age 34.23 ± 10.87 years). A higher mean age (38.34 ± 11.83 years ( < 0.05)) was associated with negative STI testing. was detected in 59 individuals (8.2%), in 156 (21.6%), in 14 (1.9%), and spp. in 555 (76.9%); infections with two bacterial pathogens were identified in 73 samples (10.1%). Cervical HPV was detected in 357 out of 1385 samples with a valid HPV typing result (25.8%). The mean age of HPV-positive women was 32.0 ± 8.4 years; individuals testing HPV-negative were slightly older (N = 1028): 34.4 ± 9.2 ( < 0.05). Among the 1371 individuals with valid results both for bacterial STIs and cervical HPV detection, women with an HPV-positive sample were more likely to harbor an STI (OR: 2.69, 95% CI 2.10-3.46, < 0.05). Interestingly, bacterial STI positivity illustrated significant heterogeneity between NILM and LSIL cases, with 28.88% of NILM and 46.33% of LSIL cases harboring an STI, respectively ( < 0.05). In brief, in a population with a high prevalence for STIs, especially spp., an association was documented between bacterial pathogen detection and cervical HPV infection, as well as abnormal cytology; these findings merit further investigation.

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