Affiliation:
1. VAN YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY
2. VAN YÜZÜNCÜ YIL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, TIP PR.
Abstract
Objective: Trichomonas vaginalis is one of the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection in the world. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of T. vaginalis, the social, demographic and clinical features that affect it, and to compare the sensitivity of diagnostic methods.
Material and Method: The study was conducted on 150 female patients aged 18–65. Samples were taken from the posterior vaginal fornix during the pelvic examination, and the parasite was searched by direct microscopic examination, Giemsa staining, cysteine-peptone-liver-maltose, and Trichomonas Broth culture methods.
Results: T. vaginalis was detected in 25 (16.6%) patients. While the best sensitivity was found in the TB culture, the lowest sensitivity was found in DM. The highest positivities were found in the age group of 36–50 (26.1%) and in uneducated women (26.5%). The risk of T. vaginalis increased 3.21 times in people who wore white cotton underwear. The majority of positive cases had aqueous or purulent discharge, and 22.2% of the patients had complaints of discharge and itching.
Conclusion: Trichomoniasis is still an important public health problem. By using different diagnostic methods together, it will be possible to prevent cases that cannot be detected with a single method from being missed
Publisher
Van Yuzuncu Yil University
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science
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