Keywords
Culture Method; Pregnant Women; Trichomonas Vaginalis; STI; Urmia; Wet Mount Technique
Abstract
Background: Trichomoniasis is an extremely common infection worldwide and is associated with important public healthproblems, including amplification of HIV transmission. This symptomatic and asymptomatic disease is more frequently in pregnant women due to hormonal changes and reducing the vaginal acidity during pregnancy. Thus the aim of this study was to evaluate Trichomonas vaginalis infection in pregnant women of Urmia city, North West of Iranfor the first time in 2015.
Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 800 pregnant women who referred to main medical laboratories in Urmia. Vaginal samples were obtainedfrom them and examined by wet mount and culture methods for the detection of T. vaginalis.
Results: According to the results, T. vaginalis was detected in 29 out of 800 participants (3.63%) by using culture methods whereas only 22 of 29 infected people were positive with the wet mount technique. Gestational age had a significant relation with Trichomoniasis (P<0.05) while age and symptoms showed no significant relation with Trichomoniasis (P>0.05).
Conclusion: This study showed low prevalence of T. vaginalis infection in the study population.Since clinical signs of trichomonal vaginitis are the same of other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD), a confirmatory laboratory diagnosis is necessary. Wet mount technique is not as well as culture method sensitive and accurate for detection of T. vaginalis.
Citation
Abdolah Nezhad R and Kaffashi Boukani F. An Epidemiologic Survey on Trichomonas Vaginalis Infection in Pregnant Women of Urmia City, North West of Iran, 2015. SM J Biol. 2015; 1(1): 1003.