[Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in a group of women at a family planning clinic].

Objective: To determine the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis among family planning users and the relationship between clinical symptoms and gynecologic signs.

Material And Methods: Four hundred and fifty women were studied: they answered a detailed structured questionnaire and had a vaginal secretion sampling to make the diagnose of bacterial vaginosis according to the Amsel et al criteria.

Results: 85 women were excluded because they were found to have either yeast or trichomonas.