Evaluation of cytological and microbiological methods in diagnosis of vaginal trichomoniasis and candidiasis

ABSTRACT

600 pregnant women with leukorrhae were examined for the detection of Trichomonus or Candia. Diagnosis was done by cytological [Papanicolaou stained smears] and microbilogical [fresh wet films and culture] procedures, in order to evaluate the best method for diagnosis of these conditions. Trichomoniasis and Candidiasis could be diagnosed by one or more methods in 188 and 150 cases respectively. One single method could diagnose 11.71% of Trichomoniasis and 48.67% of Candidiais, while if two methods were used in comination the percentage were 28.72% and 36% respectively, Moreover, the three methods used together gave the highest diagnositc percentage [59.57% for Trichomoniasis and 14.67% for Candidiasis]. So., it is extremly adisable and important to follow the three methods togther in the diagnosis of these two conditions