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Comparative Study
. 2008 Oct;46(10):3467-9.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00671-08. Epub 2008 Aug 6.

Evaluation of the OSOM Trichomonas rapid test versus wet preparation examination for detection of Trichomonas vaginalis vaginitis in specimens from women with a low prevalence of infection

L Campbell  1 , V Woods, T Lloyd, S Elsayed, D L Church
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Comparative Study

Evaluation of the OSOM Trichomonas rapid test versus wet preparation examination for detection of Trichomonas vaginalis vaginitis in specimens from women with a low prevalence of infection

L Campbell et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Oct.

Abstract

The OSOM Trichomonas rapid test (OSOM Trich) was compared to the wet preparation examination (WP) for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis vaginitis in women with a low prevalence of infection. A total of 19/1,009 (2%) women had T. vaginalis infection. OSOM Trich had very good performance, with sensitivity, specificity, efficiency, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of 94.7, 100, 99.9, 100, and 99.9%, respectively. The implementation of OSOM Trich would decrease labor costs.

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Performance of OSOM Trich and WP for the routine detection of T. vaginalis.
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