Objective
To determine whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is present in the vagina of women diagnosed with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pneumonia.
Study design
The study was conducted prospectively in a university affiliated hospital. Forty-one women of reproductive age whose nasopharyngeal PCR test were positive for SARS-CoV-2 and clinically diagnosed with pneumonia were included in the study. Vaginal swabs were obtained for SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests when the patients were admitted to the inpatient service before pneumonia treatment was initiated.
Results
Vaginal swab samples of 38 patients were analysed with SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests. None of the vaginal swabs were positive for SARS-CoV-2.
Conclusions
SARS-CoV-2 does not infect the vagina of women diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia.
Re: Detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 in vaginal swabs of women with acute SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: a prospective study. (First comment on BJOG-20-1775.R1)
