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Bacteriology
Trichomonas vaginalis is detected from previously negative cultures
July 28th, 2005
Trichomonas vaginalis is detected by blind culturing of previously negative cultures. "Trichomonas vaginalis is a vaginal protozoon causing the most prevalent nonviral sexually transmitted disease. Culture is considered as the most reliable and gold standard among conventional diagnostic methods in the detection of T. vaginalis," scientists in Turkey report. "In the present study, the diagnostic effect of subsequent blind culturing of vaginal secretion samples in Diamond's complete medium at every 48 hours was investigated in 93 women. Vaginal secretion samples were examined by wet mount and inoculated into Diamond complete...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-28)
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