the identification and evaluation of trichomonas vaginalis among women was performed over a period of three months in ilesha. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of trichomonas vaginalis in women in relation to different samples collected and level of education. 310 samples from high vaginal, endocervical and urethral regions of female patients were analyzed using gram stainin...

abstract   background: wound infection is a frequent and severe complication in burn patients accounting for a high number of mortalities. there are some reports comparing swab and biopsy cultures of wounds of various etiologies or chronic wounds.   objectives: the aim of the study was to evaluate burn wound infection by different bacteriologic methods of surface swab and tissue biopsy culture ...

background: chlamydia trachomatis is the most reported bacterial sexually transmitted disease, especially among young women worldwide. aim of this study was comparison to evaluate the prevalence of chlamydia trachomatis infection in woman with tubal infertility by means of pcr and cell culture techniques. methods: fifty-one women with confirmed tfi were enrolled in this study in (avicenna infer...

abstract       background and objective: chlamydia trachomatis is one of the most common causes of genital infection in men and women. genital chlamydial infections in women are clinically asymptomatic in 70-80% of the cases; therefore, the lack of timely diagnosis and treatment leads to complications such as infertility and ectopic pregnancy. the aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency...

Vaginal swab specimens may be preferable to cervical swab or urine specimens for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae because of the ease of specimen collection and transport. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether vaginal swab specimens are equivalent to cervical swab specimens for the detection of N. gonorrhoeae and C. trachomatis by the Becton Dickinson...

Listeria monocytogenes is of great concern in food processing facilities because it persists in biofilms, facilitating biotransfer. Stainless steel is commonly used for food contact surfaces and transport containers. L. monocytogenes biofilms on stainless steel served as a model system for surface sampling, to test the performance of a sonicating swab in comparison with a standard cotton swab. ...

background and objective: cervical cancer involves many women annually and pop smear test has played a significant role in reducing its mortality and for this reason, its improvement is very essential. in this respect, cervex brush is a new tool that has been introduced in many countries. therefore, this study was conducted to compare pop smears from cotton swab-spatula and cervex brush methods...

INTRODUCTION Conjunctival swab PCR was evaluated as a tool to diagnose visceral leishmaniasis in dogs. METHODS Conjunctival swab PCR was compared to indirect immunofluorescence antibody test and blood PCR. RESULTS Indirect immunofluorescence was significantly correlated with conjunctival swab PCR (p < 0.05), but not with blood PCR (p > 0.05). In addition, conjunctival swab PCR was significa...

Every microbiologist knows that the best specimens for culture are fluids or tissue. However, we rarely get what we want. The majority of the specimens that microbiology laboratories receive are collected on swabs. Clinicians favor the swab as a collection and transport system because of its ease of use, low cost, and availability. What is the laboratory to do? We need to understand the various...

Twenty-four matched pairs of isolates of Pasteurella haemolytica and three matched pairs of isolates of Pasteurella multocida were isolated by using a nasal swab and a transtracheal swab from individual calves with clinical signs of bovine respiratory disease. The identity of each matched pair was confirmed biochemically and serologically. The similarity of the isolates obtained from a nasal sw...