title: Viability of Trichomonas vaginalis in Copan universal transport medium and eSwab transport medium.
abstract: We compared the use of universal transport medium and eSwab transport medium held at room temperature or 37 degrees C to bedside inoculation and immediate incubation of culture media for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis. There were no significant culturable differences in the sensitivity of either of the transport media to that of bedside inoculation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0007, USA.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rivers
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Schwebke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003470:Culture Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050296:Microbial Viability; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media