The Correlation of the Lifestyle and Medical Conditions with the Incidence of Micronuclei in the Vaginal Epithelial Cells

The Correlation of the Lifestyle and Medical Conditions with the Incidence of Micronuclei in the Vaginal Epithelial Cells

The objective of this study was determination of the causative factors of the cytogenetic damage (expressed as incidence of micronuclei) of the vaginal epithelial cells in the patients with/without the symptoms of the genital infections. 197 women in the age range from 18 to 65 years were included in the study. After the completion of questionnaire all the patients were subjected to Pap test, cervical swabs for the presence of aerobic bacteria, yeasts, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma and hrHPV DNA. Separate samples of vaginal secretion were taken for micronucleus assay.