Correlation between clinical symptoms and diagnosis of trichomoniasis in women

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate correlation between clinical symptoms and diagnosis of trichomoniasis in women. 200 women were included in the study. Swabs were taken from all patients from the posterior vaginal fornix. Each sample was examined using the following five methods: wet mount, Giemsa stain, acridine orange fluorescence stain, cultivation in Diamond medium and PCR method. Trichomoniasis was diagnosed in 27 women using any of the applied methods and 33.3% presented with typical frothy yellow-green discharge, characteristic for tichomoniasis and yellowish discharge characteristic for the third group of vaginal discharge. White discharge, characteristic for Candida infection, was found in 18.5% of patients with diagnosed trichomoniasis. Finally, 14.8% of positive patients had a normal discharge. Based on the results of our study we came to the conclusion that microbiological investigations are necessary for accurate diagnosis of trichomoniasis, as well as for revealing asymptomatic infections, in order to prevent spreading of this relatively common disease.