Acceptability of a self-sampling technique to collect vaginal smears for gram stain diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis.
To diagnose asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis (BV), self-sampled vaginal smears were collected during a study of risk factors for preterm birth in African American women. More than 90% of those women who were willing to participate in the interview portion of the study were also willing to provide a self-sampled vaginal smear. The smears are an acceptable and efficient way of detecting BV in an urban minority population.
Boskey
Elizabeth R
ER
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Box 43, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA. elizabeth.boskey@downstate.edu
Atherly-Trim
Shelly A
SA
O'Campo
Patricia J
PJ
Strobino
Donna M
DM
Misra
Dawn P
DP
Misra
P
P
D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008396:Maryland; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012646:Self Administration; D013997:Time Factors; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000592:standards*; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D016387:Women's Health