TABLE 3.
Rates of Trichomonas vaginalis detection by direct saline preparation and subsequent molecular ASR from 508 primary genital specimens collected in an outpatient physician group setting, delineated by laboratory-based and point-of-care-based microscopy
Site of test performance | n | Rate of T. vaginalis detection (%)
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P | |
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Direct saline preparation | Molecular ASR | |||
Laboratory | 241 | 4.1 | 12.0 | 0.002 |
Point-of-care | 267 | 4.5 | 9.7 | 0.02 |