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Trial reportBioMed research international2014

Evaluation of microbial enzymes in normal and abnormal cervicovaginal fluids of cervical dysplasia: a case control study.

Subramanyam Dasari, Wudayagiri Rajendra, Lokanatha Valluru

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Trial report in BioMed research international, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Vaginal micro-environment disorder promotes malignant prognosis of low-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: a prospective community cohort study in Shanxi Province, China.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Subramanyam DasariDepartment of Biotechnology, Dravidian University, Kuppam 517426, India.
Wudayagiri RajendraDepartment of Zoology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 517502, India.
Lokanatha ValluruDepartment of Biotechnology, Dravidian University, Kuppam 517426, India.
Dravidian University · INSri Venkateswara University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of microbial enzymes in normal and abnormal cervicovaginal fluids of cervical dysplasia. The cervicovaginal infections were evaluated through the estimation of microbial enzymes in patients with and without abnormal cervical cytology like bacterial and fungal infections. The patients were categorized based on infection caused by organism and stages of dysplasia. The pH, Whiff test, and Pap smear tests were conducted for normal and abnormal cervical swabs based on standard protocols. Microbial enzymes include mucinase, sialidases, and proteases of the cervical swabs and are estimated according to standard methods. The results of abnormal cervical cytological smears showed increased pH and the presence of amines with different levels of Pap smear test. Increased levels of microbial enzymes were observed in patients with abnormal cytology than normal cytology. Three microbial enzymes mucinase, sialidase, and protease were significantly (P < 0.01) more elevated in patients with bacterial infections (8.97 ± 0.64, 10.39 ± 0.28, 8.12 ± 0.64) than without dysplasia (2.02 ± 0.8, 1.98 ± 0.3, 1.96 ± 0.8). The results reinforce that the microbial infection seems to be more prone to cervical dysplasia and may act as risk-factor for the development of cervical cancer along with HPV infection.

Indexed as

Bacterial InfectionsMycosesUterine Cervical DysplasiaBacterial ProteinsCase-Control StudiesFemaleFungal ProteinsHumansPapanicolaou TestVaginal SmearsBacterial ProteinsFungal Proteins

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PMID24967392
PMCPMC4054614
OpenAlexW2143857194

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