title: Cytodiagnosis of discharge per vaginum.
abstract: Simple, rapid, inexpensive methods such as pH determination, wet mount, KOH mount, amine test, Gram staining of vaginal discharge were undertaken prior to Pap stained smears of 158 patients of leucorrhoea. We were able to detect non-specific vaginitis (44.30%), Trichomoniasis (16.45%), Candida vaginitis (9.49%), gonococcal vaginitis (0.63%) and senile vaginitis (12 cases). No specific pathology was shown in 26 cases. 1.69% of the cases were of cervical erosion and 3.79% cases suggestive of squamous malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Nagpur.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Mahadani
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Dekate
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Shrikhande
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002181:Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019522:Vaginal Discharge / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology