Trichomonas vaginalis infection in a low-risk women attended in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre

作     者：Norhayati Moktar Nor Liyana Ismail Phoy Cheng Chun Mohamad Asyrab Sapie Nor Farahin Abdul Kahar Yusof Suboh Noraina Abdul Rahim Nor Azlin Mohamed Ismail Tengku Shahrul Anuar 

作者机构：Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre Department of Medical Laboratory Technology Faculty of Health Sciences Universiti Teknologi MARAPuncak Alam Campus 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine》 (亚太热带生物医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第6卷第8期

页      面：702-705页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0831[工学-生物医学工程（可授工学、理学、医学学位）] 1002[医学-临床医学] 100211[医学-妇产科学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by the UKMMC Fundamental Research Grant(Grant No.FF-165-2011)from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 

主　　题：Trichomoniasis Incidence rate Wet mount Giemsa staining Culture 

摘      要：Objective: To investigate the presence of trichomoniasis among women attending the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical ***: A total of 139 high vaginal swabs were taken from the subjects and sent to the laboratory in Amies gel transport media. The specimens were examined for the presence of Trichomonas vaginalis using wet mount, Giemsa staining and cultured in Diamond s medium. Sociodemographic characteristics and gynaecological complaints were obtained in private using structured questionnaire applied by one ***: The median age was 32 years, with an interquartile interval of 9.96. Most of the subjects were Malays(76.9%) and the remaining were Chinese(15.1%), Indians(2.2%)and other ethnic groups(5.8%). One hundred and thirty eight(99.3%) of the women were married and 98.6% had less than 6 children. More than half(75.5%) of the women s last child birth was less than 6 years ago. Forty seven percent of them were involved in supporting administrative work and 64.7% of the women gave a history of previous or current vaginal ***: The present study reported zero incidence rate of trichomoniasis. The low incidence rate was postulated due to all women who participated in this study were categorized into a low-risk group.