Smith R F
J Clin Microbiol. 1986 Jul;24(1):139-40. doi: 10.1128/jcm.24.1.139-140.1986.
In a group of 247 symptomatic and asymptomatic women, 75 (30.3%) were found to harbour Trichomonas vaginalis; 39 (52%) infections were detected by wet mount and 36 (48%) were detected by culture only. Of the latter, 27 produces a positive culture in 3 days or less and 9 were positive, on average, at day 6. The break even cost of culture was $6.75 per patient. Among 70 wet mount-negative, primary culture-negative specimens that received a blind passage, another 3 (4.2%) positive cultures were detected.
在一组247名有症状和无症状的女性中,发现75名(30.3%)感染了阴道毛滴虫;39例(52%)感染通过湿片检查检测到,36例(48%)仅通过培养检测到。在后者中,27例在3天或更短时间内培养呈阳性,9例平均在第6天呈阳性。培养的盈亏平衡成本为每位患者6.75美元。在70份湿片检查阴性、初次培养阴性的标本进行盲传后,又检测到3例(4.2%)阳性培养物。