Table 3. Diagnoses and the Associated Vaginal Wet Preparation Results.
Abbreviation: N, number; SD, standard deviation; T. vaginalis, Trichomonas vaginalis; WBC, white blood cell.
a Values are presented as number (%) of patients unless specified otherwise.
b Considered positive for T. vaginalis when seen on urinalysis or wet preparation or with a positive NAAT. Considered negative for T. vaginalis only when a negative NAAT. Those who tested negative for T. vaginalis with wet preparation but who did not have NAAT were not included in the denominator.
| Vaginal wet preparation resulta (N=16,484) | ||||||
| Diagnosis | WBCs, mean (SD) | Clue cells | Yeast | T vaginalis | + T vaginalisb | Overall % |
| Vulvovaginal candidiasis (N=625) | 17.8 (21.3) | 178 (28.5) | 455 (72.8) | 23 (3.7) | 36 (5.8) | 3.8 |
| Bacterial vaginosis (N=4,124) | 15.4 (17.0) | 3,663 (88.8) | 232 (5.6) | 222 (5.4) | 298 (7.2) | 25.0 |
| T vaginalis infection (N=737) | 21.7 (23.7) | 286 (39.1) | 39 (5.3) | 689 (94.1) | 713 (99.6) | 4.5 |
| Vulvovaginal candidiasis and bacterial vaginosis (N=136) | 17.5 (20.3) | 121 (89.0) | 104 (76.5) | 11 (8.1) | 15 (11.0) | 0.8 |
| Vulvovaginal candidiasis and T vaginalis infection (N=20) | 18.6 (17.6) | 11 (55.0) | 20 (100) | 17 (85) | 18 (100) | 0.1 |
| Bacterial vaginosis and T vaginalis infection (N=150) | 19.7 (22.1) | 144 (96.0) | 14 (9.3) | 141 (94.0) | 146 (99.3) | 0.9 |
| Vulvovaginal candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis, and T vaginalis infection (N=10) | 14.9 (12.2) | 10 (100.0) | 10 (100.0) | 9 (90.0) | 10 (100.0) | 0.1 |