Improved Diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis Infection by PCR Using Vaginal Swabs and Urine Specimens Compared to Diagnosis by Wet Mount Microscopy, Culture, and Fluorescent Staining

Four vaginal cotton swab specimens were obtained from each of 804 women visiting the outpatient sexually transmitted disease clinic of the Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, for validation of various forms of Trichomonas vaginalis diagnostic procedures. One swab...

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Main Authors: van der Schee, Cindy, van Belkum, Alex, Zwijgers, Lisette, van der Brugge, Esther, O'neill, Errol L., Luijendijk, Ad, van Rijsoort-Vos, Tineke, van der Meijden, Willem I., Verbrugh, Henri, Sluiters, Hans J. F.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 1999
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Parasitology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC85897/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10565943
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