Table 1.
Concordance between the groups of women on the basis of three different laboratory methods.
| Groups of women | Methods for detection of G. vaginalis |
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| Gram staining (by common criteria of Nugent and Ison/Hay and presence of Clue cells >20% in field) No (% ± SD) |
Culture method for detection of G. vaginalis No (% ± SD) |
PCR method for detection of G. vaginalis No (% ± SD) |
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| With TVF | With BV | With TVF | With BV | With TVF | With BV | |
| Pregnant women symptomatic (n = 213) | 26 (12.21 ± 4.40) | 126 (59.15 ± 6.60) | 8 (3.76 ± 2.55) | 56 (26.29 ± 5.91) | 12 (5.63 ± 3.10) | 124 (58.22 ± 6.62) |
| Pregnant women asymptomatic (n = 127) | 22 (17.32 ± 6.58) | 18 (14.17 ± 6.07) | 4 (3.15 ± 3.03) | 11 (8.66 ± 4.89) | 7 (5.51 ± 3.97) | 16 (12.60 ± 5.77) |
| Nonpregnant women symptomatic (n = 355) | 37 (10.42 ± 3.18) | 199 (56.06 ± 5.16) | 10 (2.82 ± 1.72) | 112 (31.55 ± 4.83) | 20 (5.63 ± 2.40) | 195 (54.93 ± 5.18) |
| Nonpregnant women asymptomatiс (n = 114) | 19 (16.67 ± 6.91) | 15 (13.16 ± 6.27) | 4 (3.50 ± 3.40) | 8 (7.02 ± 4.74) | 6 (5.26 ± 4.14) | 13 (11.40 ± 5.89) |
| All symptomatic (n = 568) | 63 (11.09 ± 2.58) | 325 (57.22 ± 4.07) | 18 (3.17 ± 1.44) | 168 (29.58 ± 3.75) | 32 (5.63 ± 1.90) | 319 (56.16 ± 4.08) |
| All asymptomatic (n = 241) | 41 (17.01 ± 4.74) | 33 (13.69 ± 4.34) | 8 (3.32 ± 2.26) | 19 (7.88 ± 3.40) | 13 (5.39 ± 2.85) | 29 (12.03 ± 4.11) |
SD, standard deviation.