TABLE 1.
Survey of the outcome of the T. vaginalis diagnostics for 846 samples obtained from 804 consecutive women visiting the STD clinic of the Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlandsa
| Result obtained by using:
|
No. of positive samples with pattern | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wet mount microscopy | Trichosel culture | Saline
|
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| Acridine orange | Modified Diamond culture
|
PCR | ||||
| Wet mount microscopy | Acridine orange fluorescence microscopy | |||||
| +a | + | + | + | + | + | 22 |
| − | − | − | − | − | + | 12 |
| − | + | − | − | − | + | 8 |
| − | + | + | + | + | + | 5 |
| − | − | − | − | + | − | 4 |
| − | − | + | + | + | + | 3 |
| + | + | + | − | − | + | 3 |
| + | + | − | + | + | + | 2 |
| − | + | − | + | + | + | 2 |
| + | + | − | − | − | + | 2 |
| − | − | + | − | − | − | 2 |
| − | + | + | + | + | − | 1 |
| + | − | − | + | − | + | 1 |
| + | − | − | − | − | + | 1 |
| − | − | − | + | + | − | 1 |
| − | + | − | − | − | − | 1 |
| 31b | 46 | 36 | 37 | 40 | 61 | 70 |
a
+, positive result in the test concerned; −, negative result. In general, and as can be deduced from the totals in the column on the right, samples were positive in more than a single test, indicating the reliability of the test systems applied.
b
The values in the bottom row are cumulative numbers of positive samples per test.