TY - JOUR JF - QHMS JO - Intern Med Today VL - 20 IS - 4 PY - 2015 Y1 - 2015/1/01 TI - Analysis the Prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis in Women Clinics of Tehran City’s Referents by PCR TT - بررسی شیوع تریکوموناس واژینالیس در مراجعان به درمانگاه‌های زنان شهر تهران با واکنش زنجیره‌ای پلیمرازی N2 -   Aims: Trichomoniasis is the most common sexually-transmitted disease in the world. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis by PCR referred to the women clinics of Tehran City.   Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was done on 140 women admitted to Tehran Loghman and Shahid Shoorideh clinics hospital from November 2013 to December 2014. Demographic data were collected by a questionnaire. Using 2 swabs, from the posterior fornix of the vagina, secretions were collected with a swab to examine in the vaginal TYI-S-33 culture and another for molecular detection placed in a tube containing 2ml of sterile saline and transferred to the laboratory. Data were analyzed by SPSS 11 and One-sample T test.   Findings: Of 46 suspected patients with Trichomonas vaginalis infection, vaginal secretions of 11 (7.8%) patients and urine samples of 4 (2.8%) patients by PCR, vaginal secretions of 6 (4.2%) and urine sample of 1 (0.5%) were reported positive in culture. There was a significant correlation between education and husbands’ job and Trichomonas vaginalis infection (p0.05).   Conclusion: Employing new molecular methods based on PCR is recommended as a supplement or alternative to current methods for detection of Trichomonas vaginalis.     SP - 223 EP - 229 AU - Safayi delouyi Z., AU - Valadkhani Z., AU - Sohrabi M., AD - Parasitology Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran KW - Trichomonas Vaginalis KW - Prevalence KW - Diagnosis KW - Polymerase Chain Reaction UR - http://imtj.gmu.ac.ir/article-1-2011-en.html DO - 10.18869/acadpub.hms.20.4.223 ER -