Table 1.
Relationship between microorganisms isolated and cytological findings
| Microorganisms |
Cytobrush |
Endometrial biopsy |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of smears with negative cytology | Number of smears with positive cytology | Concordance between cytology and microbiology (%) | Number of smears with negative cytology | Number of smears with positive cytology | Concordance between cytology and microbiology (%) | |
|
β-hemolytic Streptococcus |
0 |
5 |
5/5 (100) |
0 |
7 |
7/7 (100) |
|
α-hemolytic Streptococcus |
2 |
0 |
0/2 (0) |
3 |
1 |
1/4 (25) |
|
E.coli |
2 |
2 |
2/4 (50) |
3 |
1 |
1/4 (25) |
|
Fungi |
0 |
8 |
8/8 (100) |
4 |
5 |
5/9 (56) |
|
Bacillus spp. |
4 |
4 |
4/8 (50) |
6 |
3 |
3/9 (33) |
|
Corynebacterium spp. |
0 |
2 |
2/2 (100) |
0 |
2 |
2/2 (100) |
|
Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
0 |
1 |
1/1 (100) |
1 |
0 |
0/1 (0) |
|
Micrococcus spp. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2/2 (100) |
|
Staphylococcus epidermidis |
1 |
1 |
1/2 (50) |
1 |
1 |
1/2 (50) |
|
Candida + β hemolytic Streptococcus |
0 |
3 |
3/3 (100) |
0 |
3 |
3/3 (100) |
| Aspergillus + Staphylococcus aureus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 (100) |