The prevalence of pathogens detected among pregnant and
non-pregnant women is presented in table 1. In pregnant
women, Candida albicans had the highest percentage of
infection occurrence 121 (21.5%), followed by HIV
38(6.8%) and Chlamydia species, 35(6.2%). Others were
Trichomonas vaginalis 29(5.2%); Gardnerella vaginalis
(Bacterial vaginosis) 12(2.1%); Hepatitis B Surface Antigen
(HBsAg); 8(1.4%) and Treponema pallidum (syphilis) 7
(1.2%). Nesseria gonorrhoea was not isolated.