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. 2008 Aug 27;46(10):3368–3374. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00564-08

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 (%)
P
Direct saline preparation Molecular ASR
Laboratory 241 4.1 12.0 0.002
Point-of-care 267 4.5 9.7 0.02