title: Delayed versus immediate bedside inoculation of culture media for diagnosis of vaginal trichomonosis.
abstract: A comparison of delayed versus immediate inoculation of culture medium for the diagnosis of trichomonosis was conducted. The sensitivities of the two methods were 100 and 97.4%, respectively. Delayed inoculation of culture medium for women without evidence of trichomonosis on direct microscopic examination is a valid diagnostic procedure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0006, USA. jschwebke@uabid.dom.uab.edu
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Schwebke
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Venglarik
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Morgan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*