Table 3.
Amsel criteria and/or microscopy1 was used | ||||||
Diagnosis of physicians | Diagnosis was | Diagnosis was | ||||
correct | incorrect | yes | no | correct | incorrect | |
Bacterial vaginosis (n = 80) | 31 (38.8)2 | 49 (61.3) | 54 (67.5) | 26 (32.5) | 20 (37)3 | 34 (63) |
Candida infection (n = 109) | 25 (22.9) | 84 (77.1) | 60 (55) | 49 (45) | 15 (25) | 45 (75) |
Mixed infection (n = 8) | 1 (12.5) | 7 (87.5) | 4 (50) | 4 (50) | 1 (25) | 3 (75) |
1 Microscopy refers to saline wet mount
2 % of total
3 % of cases where Amsel criteria or microscopy were used