background: the aims of this study were to examine the prevalence of trichomoniasis among women aged 18 to 48 yr in ardabil, northwestern iran and the relationship between demographic factors and the risk of infection. methods: vaginal discharge samples of 914 women aged 18 to 48 yr, referred to gynecology clinic of sabalan hospital of ardabil, iran in 2014, were collected and trichomonas vagin...

Sharma P, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-222321 Description A 35-year-old woman presented to outpatients with a 1-week history of high-grade fever and generalised malaise. General and systemic examination was unremarkable. On evaluation, her complete haemogram was within normal limits; however peripheral smear revealed the presence of thread-like larval forms of filaria, belongi...

A retrospective study covering a 12-year period was performed to determine the contribution of the direct wet mount microscopic examination to the identification of intestinal parasites in preserved fecal material. It was determined that each of 898 specimens contained at least one parasite when processed by the direct wet mount, concentration, and trichrome staining procedures. Of these proced...

OBJECTIVE Trichomonas vaginalis analyte-specific reagent is a highly sensitive assay for T vaginalis detection. We report how this diagnostic innovation influenced the sexually transmitted infection ordering practice patterns of 20 subacute-care clinicians. METHODS T vaginalis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and/or Chlamydia trachomatis screening data were audited on female swab submissions when only...

Trichomoniasis is a common sexually transmitted disease with an estimated incidence of 4 million to 8 million cases a year in the United States. The most commonly used method of diagnosis is a direct microscopic observation (wet mount) of vaginal secretions and, although both rapid and inexpensive, the sensitivity of this technique is generally 50 to 70%. We developed an indirect enzyme-linked ...

OBJECTIVE to determine the prevalence of trichomoniasis in San Jose, Costa Rica, comparing two methods, the InPouch TV test and the saline wet mount. METHODS One hundred symptomatic and asymptomatic female patients at two hospitals and at a sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic were evaluated. Vaginal discharge was the most prevalent genitourinary abnormality among symptomatic patients. T...

BACKGROUND Trichomoniasis is the most common sexually transmitted disease. However, limited data are available on an effective technique for the diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the accuracy of wet mount microscopy, latex agglutination, Diamond's media, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for detection of T. vaginalis among symptoma...

BACKGROUND Despite recommendations by Centers for Disease Control and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, pH testing is infrequently performed during the evaluation of vaginitis. Consequently, little information exists on its use in a primary care setting. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe our experience with routine pH testing, particularly the relationship...

PURPOSE To obtain reliable estimates of the sensitivity and specificity of the cervical Papanicolaou (Pap) smear and wet mount to diagnose vaginal trichomoniasis. METHODS Articles indexed in MEDLINE (1976-1998) about diagnostic tests for trichomoniasis and their listed references were retrieved. Thirty studies (9,501 patients) that used trichomonas culture as a gold standard were selected. St...

Trichomonas vaginalis infection is estimated to be the most widely prevalent nonviral sexually transmitted infection in the world. Wet-mount microscopy is the most common diagnostic method, although it is less sensitive than culture. The OSOM Trichomonas Rapid Test (Genzyme Diagnostics, Cambridge, Mass.) (referred to here as OSOM) is a new point-of-care diagnostic assay for T. vaginalis that us...