Clinical and Laboratory Testing for Trichomonas Vaginalis Infection

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2015 Oct 23

PMID 26491181

Citations 24

Authors

Barbara Van Der Pol

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Abstract

Trichomonas vaginalis infection is highly prevalent in the United States and worldwide. Traditional clinical diagnostic methods fail to identify more than half of these infections that, if left untreated, can result in adverse pregnancy outcomes and an exacerbated risk of both acquisition and transmission of HIV. Women bear a disproportionate amount of the burden of these infections, and testing among populations at risk for this disease should be provided. Molecular technologies have expanded our capacity for laboratory-based detection of infection and can be used on samples already being collected for chlamydia/gonorrhea screening.

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