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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 06 1997, 1618-1619, Vol 35, No. 6
Copyright © 1997 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Validity of self-obtained vaginal specimens for diagnosis of trichomoniasis

JR Schwebke, SC Morgan and GB Pinson
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0006, USA. jschwebke@uabid.dom.uab.edu

A comparison of self- and clinician-collected vaginal specimens for the diagnosis of trichomoniasis was conducted. The sensitivities of culture methods using self- and clinician-collected specimens were 84.6 and 88.5%, respectively. There was no significant difference between the sensitivities of culture methods using self- and clinician-collected vaginal specimens for the diagnosis of trichomoniasis.


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