Delayed versus immediate bedside inoculation of culture media for diagnosis of vaginal trichomonosis

J R Schwebke; M F Venglarik; S C Morgan

doi:10.1128/JCM.37.7.2369-2370.1999

Delayed versus immediate bedside inoculation of culture media for diagnosis of vaginal trichomonosis

J Clin Microbiol. 1999 Jul;37(7):2369-70. doi: 10.1128/JCM.37.7.2369-2370.1999.

Authors

J R Schwebke¹, M F Venglarik, S C Morgan

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0006, USA. jschwebke@uabid.dom.uab.edu

Abstract

A comparison of delayed versus immediate inoculation of culture medium for the diagnosis of trichomonosis was conducted. The sensitivities of the two methods were 100 and 97.4%, respectively. Delayed inoculation of culture medium for women without evidence of trichomonosis on direct microscopic examination is a valid diagnostic procedure.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Bacteriological Techniques
Female
Humans
Sensitivity and Specificity
Time Factors
Trichomonas Vaginitis / diagnosis*
Trichomonas vaginalis / isolation & purification*

Grants and funding

A1-94-16/PHS HHS/United States