title: Validity of self-obtained vaginal specimens for diagnosis of trichomoniasis.
abstract: A comparison of self- and clinician-collected vaginal specimens for the diagnosis of trichomoniasis was conducted. The sensitivities of culture methods using self- and clinician-collected specimens were 84.6 and 88.5%, respectively. There was no significant difference between the sensitivities of culture methods using self- and clinician-collected vaginal specimens for the diagnosis of trichomoniasis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0006, USA. jschwebke@uabid.dom.uab.edu
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Schwebke
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Pinson
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012648:Self Care; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000379:methods*