title: Trichomoniasis among women with vaginal discharge in Benghazi city, Libya.
abstract: From April 2000 to July 2001, clinical and wet-mount examination were performed on 2,450 women attending gynecologic department, El-Keish Polyclinic, Benghazi City. The mean age was 34+/-7 (in years). 328 (13.4%) women were clinically diagnosed as having viginatis. Sterile vaginal swab of the posterior fornix was stained by Giemsa and examined as wet smear for trichomoniasis infection. 29/2450, (1.2%) had T. vaginalis. The infected women suffered vaginalis discharge (93.10%), burning (81.48%), vulvar pruritus (79.39%), dyspareuria (40.47%), dysuria (21.43%) and strawberry appearance (75.86%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Garyounis University, P.O. Box 9480, Benghazi, Libya.
authors.forename: Hamed H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Kassem
authors.forename: Oras Abdel-kadhum
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Majoud
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008002:Libya / Q000453:epidemiology; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019522:Vaginal Discharge / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology