Volume 15, Issue 1, March 2016, Pages 1–6
Ebrahimzadeh Adel1, Saryazdi-pour Khadijed2, and Garaei Abdolaziz3
1 PhD, associated Professor, Department of Mycology and Parasitology and Membership of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Reseach Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
2 MSc Student, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
3 BS.c in Nursing, Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
Original language: English
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Trichomonas vaginalis is a protozoan pathogen of the human urogenital tract. This study was designed to provide a data base on investigation of the overall prevalence and clinical findings and compare of diagnosis methods for detection of Trichomoniasis. In this descriptive - cross sectional study a total of 400 vaginal samples were examined with wet smear and Pap smear and diamond culture medium for Trichomoniasis in Chabahar in 2014. The confirmed clinical findings by gynecologist recorded in patient information forms. The data analysis was done using the SPSS software version 18.0 and frequency tables generated. The chi-square and T student tests was used to determine significant relationship between categorical variables at a significant P value of less than or equal to 0.05. In this study number of 39 Trichomoniasis (9.75%) with diamond culture media and 27 cases (6.75%) with Pap smear and 25 cases (6.25%) with wet mounts direct microscopy slides, were reported positive respectively. However, there was no statistically significant difference between the clinical symptoms seen in studied patients with infection (P>0.05), but there was a statistically significant difference between patient reported sings with infection (P<0.05). Considering high prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis and a substantial proportion of infections are asymptomatic and excessive treatment before the exact laboratory diagnosis makes necessary reliable testing methods. It is recommended in addition to wet smear, culture methods should be performed routinely in medical laboratory.
Author Keywords: Trichomoniasis, prevalence, clinical findings, diagnosis methods.
Ebrahimzadeh Adel1, Saryazdi-pour Khadijed2, and Garaei Abdolaziz3
1 PhD, associated Professor, Department of Mycology and Parasitology and Membership of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Reseach Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
2 MSc Student, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
3 BS.c in Nursing, Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
Original language: English
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Trichomonas vaginalis is a protozoan pathogen of the human urogenital tract. This study was designed to provide a data base on investigation of the overall prevalence and clinical findings and compare of diagnosis methods for detection of Trichomoniasis. In this descriptive - cross sectional study a total of 400 vaginal samples were examined with wet smear and Pap smear and diamond culture medium for Trichomoniasis in Chabahar in 2014. The confirmed clinical findings by gynecologist recorded in patient information forms. The data analysis was done using the SPSS software version 18.0 and frequency tables generated. The chi-square and T student tests was used to determine significant relationship between categorical variables at a significant P value of less than or equal to 0.05. In this study number of 39 Trichomoniasis (9.75%) with diamond culture media and 27 cases (6.75%) with Pap smear and 25 cases (6.25%) with wet mounts direct microscopy slides, were reported positive respectively. However, there was no statistically significant difference between the clinical symptoms seen in studied patients with infection (P>0.05), but there was a statistically significant difference between patient reported sings with infection (P<0.05). Considering high prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis and a substantial proportion of infections are asymptomatic and excessive treatment before the exact laboratory diagnosis makes necessary reliable testing methods. It is recommended in addition to wet smear, culture methods should be performed routinely in medical laboratory.
Author Keywords: Trichomoniasis, prevalence, clinical findings, diagnosis methods.
How to Cite this Article
Ebrahimzadeh Adel, Saryazdi-pour Khadijed, and Garaei Abdolaziz, “Terichomoniasis as a complication of Sexual Transmitted Diseases in women referred to Gynecology Clinic in Southeast of Iran,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 1–6, March 2016.
