title: Trichomoniasis among women with vaginal discharge in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia.
abstract: During the year of 2003, vaginal discharge specimens were collected from 1767 women aged (15-50) in 6 cardinal hospitals in Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia. The samples were examined for Trichomonas vaginalis, a prevalence rate of 12 (0.7%) were positive. Demographic characters did not show significant relation to the infection rate. All accompanied symptoms were insignificant (P>0.05) except the vaginal consistency which was significant (P<0.05). The studied risk factors were insignificant to the T. vaginalis infection. So, the symptoms were neither reliable to diagnose the vaginal trichomoniasis nor specific underlying factors provoke the infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, King Abdel Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Najia A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Alzanbagi
authors.forename: Hala S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Salem
authors.forename: Faten
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Al Braiken
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014245:Trichomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019522:Vaginal Discharge / Q000469:parasitology