STRATEGIES FOR DIAGNOSING VAGINITIS

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 9  (3) , 395-402
Abstract
Detailed history, physical examination, laboratory and follow-up data were obtained from 821 patients presenting to a primary care clinic over 18 mo. with symptoms of vaginal infection or urinary tract infection (UTI). Information useful in deciding when to perform a vaginal examination, when to obtain various types of cultures and when to perform microscopic examination of a saline suspension or Gram stain is presented. Of particular interest were the findings that patients with dysuria more commonly have vaginitis than UTI, the superiority of a saline examination to other means of diagnosing yeast vaginitis and the rarity of a positive Trichomonas preparation when the vaginal discharge had a curd-like appearance.

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