Prevalence and comparison between the efficacy of different techniques in diagnosis of Trichomonas Vaginalis in Erbil-Iraq

العناوين الأخرى

معدل انتشار مرض الترايكوموناس فاجاينالس و مقارنة فعالية الطرق المختلفة لتشخيصه في أربيل-العراق

المؤلفون المشاركون

Rafiq, Narmin
Qadir, Muhammad A.

المصدر

Duhok Medical Journal

الناشر

جامعة دهوك كلية الطب

تاريخ النشر

2012-12-31

دولة النشر

العراق

عدد الصفحات

9

التخصصات الرئيسية

العلوم الطبية والصيدلة والعلوم الصحية

الملخص الإنجليزي

Background and objectives: This study investigated the prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis among females attending the gynaecological out patients clinics in Maternity hospital, several health centers and some private clinics in Erbil-Iraq, from 16th July 2007 till 15th July 2008, by using different diagnostic methods.

In addition, a comparative study to evaluate the efficacy of different tests for diagnosis of infection.

Methods: Different diagnostic laboratory tests were used in the study like direct vaginal and urine examination, cultivation in Diamond modified broth, Papanicolaou (Pap) smears and measurement of vaginal pH value Results:Trichomonas vaginalis detected only among 5 out of 1296 examined vaginal swabs, the rate of infection was 0.39% (0.42% in urban and 0.28% in rural regions).

The highest rate of infection was among women other than single and married groups (i.e.

widow, divorced and separated women), and among women of child-bearing age 14-40 years, with college education.

The employers revealed higher seropositivity than the housewives.

Trichomoniasis was higher among the pregnant than non pregnant women.

The seropositivity rate was 100% among females with high vaginal pH levels 6, 6.3 and 6.6.

Pap smears revealed the highest infection rate 6.52%.

Comparison between efficacies of different methods was determined and direct vaginal examination showed higher rate of positivity than cultivation technique, and Pap smear was more efficient in comparison with direct examination and cultivation of vaginal discharges, while no positive cases were detected by urine examination.

Conclusions:In comparison between serological methods and direct vaginal examination, complement fixation and ELISA methods were more efficient and the statistical difference was highly significant.

The rate of seropositivity among the housewives was higher than the employers using the four laboratory methods.

نوع البيانات

أوراق مؤتمرات

رقم السجل

BIM-831949

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