Prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis infection among Egyptian women using culture and Latex agglutination: cross-sectional study

BMC Women's Health
Ahmed MahmoudAhmed Nh Askalani

Abstract

This is a cross-sectional study carried out in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at Kasr Al- Ainy Cairo University Hospitals. One thousand female patients in the child bearing period (age 18-45 yrs) were included in this study. These females were non-pregnant and non-menstruating with no douching or intercourse for at least 2-3 days, no use of antibiotics, anti-protozoal or steroids for the past 15 days complaining of vaginal discharge with or without itching, burning sensation or both. Vaginal swabs were obtained from all patients for examination by direct wet mount examination, Giemsa staining, Modified Diamond culture and latex agglutination test Kalon) to detect the presence of Trichomonas vaginalis infection. The prevalence of trichomonas infection was 50 cases, latex agglutination test detected 50 positive cases, 30 of which were also positive by culture, and only 10 were detected both by Giemsa staining and by wet mount. The wet mount, Giemsa staining and Kalon latex test had sensitivities of 33.3, 33.3% and 100% respectively while their specificities were 100%, 100% and 97.9% respectively. Screening tests should be done routinely to depict cases of T. vaginalis infection and should be included in the control prog...Continue Reading

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Jan 31, 2017·Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy : Official Journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy·Aida A Abdel-MagiedAbeer A El-Henawy
Apr 23, 2019·Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology : the Journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology·Chinyere Charity EzeanyaCharlotte Oguejiofor

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