title: Diagnostic rates differ on the basis of the number of read days with the use of the InPouch culture system for Trichomonas vaginalis screening.
abstract: The InPouch Trichomonas vaginalis test is the gold standard for clinical culture for Trichomonas vaginalis screening. The current package insert recommends an examination period of 3 days. After review of 2,499 InPouch tests spanning 13 years, we observed that examination up to 3 days will detect only 82.8% (95% confidence interval [CI], 79.0% to 86.2%) of positive specimens.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Charles A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rivers
authors.forename: Christina A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Muzny
authors.forename: Jane R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Schwebke
mesh_terms: D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors; D014245:Trichomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*