@article{article_122621, title={Vaginal washing fluid C-reactive protein levels in women with recurrent or treatment resistant vaginitis}, journal={Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations}, volume={6}, pages={5–9}, year={2015}, DOI={10.5799/ahinjs.01.2015.01.0477}, url={https://izlik.org/JA98GJ23KU}, author={Tokmak, Aytekin and Özer, İrfan and Erkılınç, Selçuk and Güzel, Ali and Kokanalı, Mahmut and Uğur, Mustafa}, keywords={C-reaktif protein, tekrarlayan vajinit, tedaviye dirençli vajinit, vajinal yıkama sıvısı}, abstract={Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in vaginal washing fluid (VWF) in women with a history of recurrent and/or treatment resistant vaginitis. Methods: This prospective case control study was conducted in the gynecology clinic of the current hospital. A total of 64 women (33 with a history of recurrent and/ or treatment resistant vaginitis as study group and 31 healthy women as control group) were enrolled in the study. The recorded parameters were; age, presenting symptom, educational level, socioeconomic status, frequency of vaginal douching (VD), peripheral blood leukocyte count, CRP levels in VWF, vaginal culture, fresh vaginal smear and urinalysis. Results: The study group had statistically significantly lower educational level and socioeconomic status than the control group (p<0.05). The mean levels of peripheral blood leukocyte count and leukocyte count on the fresh vaginal smear, leukocyturia and VWF CRP levels were statistically significantly higher in the study group (p<0.05). In patients who had ≥ 3 times a week VD had also statistically significantly higher VWF CRP levels (p=0.012). Conclusion: According to this study, recurrent and/or treatment resistant vaginitis is more common in women who have lower socioeconomic status/educational level and who perform more frequently VD, and VWF CRP levels may be a good marker for the diagnosis of disease. J Clin Exp Invest 2015; 6 (1): 5-9 Key words: C-reactive protein, recurrent vaginitis, treatment resistant vaginitis, vaginal washing fluid}, number={1}