Table I.

Performance of different diagnostic tests in detection of genital infections in women grouped by symptom presentation

Pathogens		Total (n=420)	Symptomatic women (n=277)	Asymptomatic women (n=143)	p-value *
Trichomonas vaginalis
	Wet mount	54 (12.9%)	42 (15.1%)	12 (8.4%)	0.03
	Culture	64 (15.2%)	48 (17.0%)	16 (11.2%)	0.09
	ITS-PCR	81 (19.3%)	57 (20.6%)	24 (16.8% )	0.12
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
	Biochemical and Culture	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (2.1%)	0.72
	Real-time PCR	17 (4.05%)	9 (3.2%)	8 (5.6%)	0.45

All data presented as absolute frequency and percentages.

ITS-PCR= Internal transcribed spacer-Polymerase chain reaction

^*Pearson Chi-square analysis