Incidence of Trichomonas vaginalis among women having vaginal discharge, in Manisa, Turkey

In the present study, vaginal discharge samples obtained from 207 patients with vaginal discharge complaints were examined by utilizing wet mount preparations, Giemsa staining method and CPLM cultivation method. In 27 of them [13.1%], T. vaginalis was detected by both saline wet mount preparation and Giemsa staining method. But as a result of the cultivation in CPLM media of the vaginal discharge materials collected from infected samples, reproduction was observed in only 21 of them [10.2%]. A treatment of secnidazole by 2 g unique dose was applied to infected patients and their spouses and a complete recovery was followed up both microscopically and clinically