Table 3.
Overall prevalence of T. vaginalis, C. trachomatis, N. gonorrhoeae, and mixed infections by specimen typea
| Specimen type | Prevalence (no. positive/no. tested [%]) of each infection |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. trachomatis | N. gonorrhoeae | T. vaginalis | C. trachomatis/N. gonorrhoeae/T. vaginalis | C. trachomatis/T. vaginalis | C. trachomatis/N. gonorrhoeae | N. gonorrhoeae/T. vaginalis | |
| Endocervical swab | 240/3,912 (6.13) | 57/3,911 (1.46) | 326/3,912 (8.33) | 11/3,911 (0.28) | 50/3,912 (1.28) | 23/3,911 (0.59) | 20/3,911 (0.51) |
| Liquid Pap transport | 23/940 (2.45) | 3/940 (0.32) | 32/940 (3.40) | 1/940 (0.11) | 3/940 (0.32) | 1/940 (0.11) | 1/940 (0.11) |
| Urine | 169/1,945 (8.69) | 51/1,942 (2.63) | 216/1,950 (11.08) | 4/1,940 (0.21) | 31/1,945 (1.59) | 16/1,940 (0.82) | 16/1,942 (0.82) |
| Vaginal swab | 76/791 (9.61) | 18/786 (2.29) | 89/791 (11.25) | 2/786 (0.25) | 13/791 (1.64) | 6/786 (0.76) | 9/786 (1.15) |
a
Specimen type results are not directly comparable, as only one specimen type per patient was tested.