Survey of Sensitivity of Wet smear and Dorset medium in comparison with Diamond medium for Diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis

m Zangiabadi; Mazhar Iqbal-Qureshi; M Khoushideh; Masoud Roudbari; SH Bahrami

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Survey of Sensitivity of Wet smear and Dorset medium in comparison with Diamond medium for Diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis

Author(s):

m Zangiabadi^1,*,

Mazhar Iqbal-Qureshi²,

M Khoushideh³,

Masoud Roudbari⁴,

SH Bahrami⁵

1Parasitology dept, faculty of medicine, Zahedan University of medical sciences and health services, Zahedan, Iran.

2Microbiology dept, faculty of medicine, Zahedan University of medical sciences and health services, Zahedan, Iran.

3Gynecology dept, faculty of medicine, Zahedan University of medical sciences and health services, Zahedan, Iran.

4Social Medicine dept, faculty of medicine, Zahedan University of medical sciences and health services, Zahedan, Iran.

5Midwife

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 4, issue 3; e95325

Published online:Aug 21, 2002

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jul 01, 2002

Accepted:Jul 31, 2002

How to Cite:m ZangiabadiMazhar Iqbal-QureshiM KhoushidehMasoud RoudbariSH BahramiSurvey of Sensitivity of Wet smear and Dorset medium in comparison with Diamond medium for Diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.4(3):e95325.

Abstract

In most references, diamond medium is introduced as one of the best diagnostic methods for
Trichomonas vaginalis (Tv), however preparation of this medium is complicated and expensive.
A total of 597 vaginal specimens from women, referred to gynecology clinic in Quds maternity
hospital of Zahedan, were examined by ongoing three methods including, Wet smear, Dorset
medium, Diamond medium.
Twenty-eight cases (4.5%), 33 cases (5.3%), 36 cases (5.7%) out of 597 samples were detected
by Wet smear, Dorset and Diamond culture media, respectively. The sensitivity of Wet smear and
Dorset medium against Diamond medium was 75% and 83.3%, respectively. McNemar test showed
no statistical difference between Dorset and diamond culture.
It was concluded that the Dorset medium is preferable to the other methods studied here.
Considering the facilities of the clinical centers and laboratories, this method is recommended to be
used routinely for the diagnosis of T.v in clinical samples.

Keywords

Trichomonas vaginalis

Sensitivity

Wet smear

Culture media

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