title: Evaluation of the laboratory diagnosis of vaginal trichomoniasis in Khartoum.
abstract: A total of 403 vaginal discharge specimens were investigated for Trichomonas vaginalis using fresh wet-mounts, culture and Papanicolaou staining. By fresh wet-mounts, 58 specimens (14.4%) were found harbouring the parasite. On culture 67 isolates (16.7%) were identified. Both wet-mount and cultural procedures detected 18.3% positive isolates. Papanicolaou staining detected 40 positive cases (9.9%) from the patients investigated. Two culture media were tried in this study to isolate T. vaginalis, namely Lumsden's medium and Diamond's medium. Their efficacy was found to be 16.9% and 14.8%, respectively.
authors: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum, Sudan.
authors: E F
authors: EF
authors: Omer
authors: H A
authors: HA
authors: el-Naeem
authors: M H
authors: MH
authors: Ali
authors: R D
authors: RD
authors: Catterall
authors: H H
authors: HH
authors: Erwa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D003470:Culture Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D013397:Sudan; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014621:Vagina / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media