Vaginal discharge in the black pregnant patient: an evaluation of the relationship between symptomatology and diagnosis.
Three hundred and thirty pregnant Black antenatal patients with symptomatic vaginal discharge were assessed. There appeared to be no correlation between the symptoms (pruritus, burning, amount of discharge and appearance) and the expected diagnosis. The common organisms Trichomonas vaginalis, Haemophilus vaginalis, Candida albicans and Neisseria gonorrhoeae were evaluated. It was also noted that a large number of patients (54%) had negative cultures although their complaints were similar to those of patients with positive cultures.
D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007973:Leukorrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D011537:Pruritus / Q000209:etiology; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000302:isolation & purification