title: Trichomonas vaginalis-An indicator for other sexually transmitted infecting agents.
abstract: The present study is based on 350 women having sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and 68 male counterparts. Trichomonas vaginalis was a significant contributor in 216 (61.7%) out of 350 female STD cases and 56 (82.3%) out of 68 male counterparts. Further, out of 126 (58.3%) out of 216 cases of T. vaginalis, 41 cases (32.5%) were associated with candida species; 29 cases (23%) were associated with Neisseria gonorrhoeae (N gonorrhoeae); Haemophilus ducreyi (H. ducreyi) 18 cases (14.3%) and Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) 11 cases (8.7%). Treponema pallidium (T. pallidium) was observed in 8 cases (6.3%) which constitutes a low percentage. The present study highlights the importance of T. vaginalis by showing positivity in two-thirds of the STD cases which suggests that it can be an important indicator for other etiological STD agents in women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Skin and V.D, S.N. Medical College, Agra, UP, India.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rizvi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hussain