This study compared 4 different diagnostic methods for the detection of Trichomonas vaginatis in vaginal swab specimens from women attending a hospital in Dohuk in Iraq. A total of 425 vaginal swabs were obtained from women complaining of vaginal discharge associated with vaginitis, cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease. The results showed that 10 (2.4%) swabs were positive for T. vaginali...

Gonorrhoea was not found to be a problem in antenatal patients. It was found in only one out of 625 women, thus confirming other British surveys which do not agree with the North American figures. Candidiasis is commoner than trichomoniasis (27.4 and 4.7 per cent. prevalence respectively) and culture of a high vaginal swab is more effective as a means of diagnosis than a cervical cytology smear...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the clinical significance of Trichomonas vaginalis detected in Papanicolaou (Pap) smears in our local population. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING A sexually transmitted disease clinic in Hong Kong. PATIENTS All patients having Pap smear, wet mount microscopy, and high vaginal swab culture performed in Tuen Mun Social Hygiene Clinic from April 2005 to December 20...

  To determine the prevalence of trichomoniasis in Sirjan city, the vaginal discharges of 500 women were examined by direct smear and culture methods from June to December 1992. ( Two hundred thirty women referred to vali-asr polyclinic and 270 to the health center number 3). The mean age of the women was 30 years and a higher percentage of referrals were between 30-34 years. In respect to the...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of 0.75% metronidazole vaginal gel with no treatment in patients who have had a minimally abnormal Papanicolaou smear. METHODS One hundred forty-five patients whose initial Papanicolaou smears were limited by inflammation or benign cellular changes, reactive cellular changes, or atypical squamous cells of undetermined significan...

The short length of the estrous cycle of rats makes them ideal for investigation of changes occurring during the reproductive cycle. The estrous cycle lasts four days and is characterized as: proestrus, estrus, metestrus and diestrus, which may be determined according to the cell types observed in the vaginal smear. Since the collection of vaginal secretion and the use of stained material gener...