title: Screening for Trichomonas vaginalis infection by use of acridine orange fluorescent microscopy.
abstract: The acridine orange test for detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in smears has been adapted for delayed examination of specimens. Mailed-in slides stained by acridine orange were compared with on-site wet mounts; the acridine orange test detected 96% of all positives, whereas only 76% were detected by wet mounts. In a similar comparison with Papanicolaou smears, the acridine orange test detected 89% as compared with 67% detected by Papanicolaou smears.
mesh_terms: D000165:Acridine Orange; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009518:New York; D014245:Trichomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis
chemical_list: D000165:Acridine Orange