A Comparative study of the etiology of symptomatic vaginal discharge based on WHO syndromic diagnosis and microbiological diagnosis
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction Vaginal discharge is the most common complaint with which women of reproductive age group present to the gynecological outpatient WHO syndromic approach algorithm helps in identifying the etiology based on the gross appearance of discharge but it often fails to detect the etiology correctly Addition of simple microbiological tests helps to diagnose the etiology accuratelyObjective To compare the diagnosis of symptomatic vaginal discharge based on WHO syndromic algorithm and microbiological testsMaterials and Methods 100 Women in the age group of 18 to 45 years with symptomatic vaginal discharge attending the gynecological OPD of Apollo Institute of Medical Science and Research Hyderabad were examined in the outpatient and a clinical diagnosis made using WHO syndromic algorithm for vaginal discharge Under aseptic precautions vaginal discharge was collected and subjected to simple lab tests such as Gramrsquos stain and direct microscopy wet mount The lab results were compared with the clinical diagnosisResults Among 100 women bacterial vaginoses was the most common diagnosis In 55 of patients etiological agent could be identified by lab investigations By WHO syndromic approach bacterial vaginosis was over diagnosed 70 vs 44 cases confirmed by lab and candidiasis was slightly under diagnosed 8 vs 10 cases by lab The sensitivity of WHO syndromic approach in diagnosing bacterial vaginosis is 100 while specificity is only 53 The difference in diagnosis rate of candidiasis clinical versus microbiological diagnosis was marginal 10 vs 11 Trichomoniasis was accurately diagnosed by WHO syndromic approachConclusions WHO syndromic algorithm for vaginal discharge over diagnoses bacterial vaginosis but has a high sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing candidiasis and trichomoniasis Simple microbiological test such as Gram stain and wetmount will increase the accuracy in diagnosis thereby preventing overtreatmentKeywords Vaginal discharge WHO syndromic approach Microbiological tests
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Nisha Bhatia, Krishna Kumari Meka, Manick Dass . S. , DVLK Swetha
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