Detection of bacterial vaginosis, Trichomonas vaginalis infection, and vaginal Candida infection: A comparative study of methods of extracting exudates, with and without a speculum, during pregnancy
Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, ISSN: 1089-2591, Vol: 9, Issue: 4, Page: 213-215
2005
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- 10
Article Description
Purpose. To compare the collection of vaginal exudates with and without the use of a speculum to diagnose vaginal infections. Material and Methods. We examined 45 patients with vaginal discharge. Two vaginal swabs were taken, one with and the other without a speculum. Both were examined by wet mount microscopy to detect bacterial vaginosis (BV), Trichomonas vaginalis, and the presence of blastospores with or without pseudomycelium. Results. A total of 90.9% of patients whose vaginal exudates were negative for BV when extracted with a speculum were also negative in the swab taken without a speculum. In the case of BV-positive exudates using a speculum, the correspondence was 90.5% with the swabs taken without a speculum. Among those exudates obtained with a speculum that were negative for Candida, 92.6% of those obtained without a speculum tested negative. In patients with pseudomycelium. when a speculum was used, 100% also presented a diagnosis of pseudomycelium from the swabs taken without a speculum. A concordance test between the techniques involving the use or nonuse of a speculum was performed for each of the diagnoses showed a good agreement according to the observed Kappa statistics (0.8467 and 0.8396 for BV and Candida, respectively). Conclusions. A very good agreement between the results obtained with and without the use of a speculum was observed. Swabbing without the use of a speculum is especially convenient for pregnant women who require frequent testing for these types of infections during their pregnancies. © 2005, American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology.
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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=26444586241&origin=inward; http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.lgt.0000179859.29456.ba; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16205190; https://journals.lww.com/00128360-200510000-00003; https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.lgt.0000179859.29456.ba; https://journals.lww.com/jlgtd/Abstract/2005/10000/Detection_of_Bacterial_Vaginosis,_Trichomonas.3.aspx
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