TY - JOUR T1 - P1-S1.26 Prevalence of <em>Trichomonas vaginalis</em> infection during the first trimester of pregnancy in pregnant women on Maternal and Perinatal Institute JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect SP - A110 LP - A110 DO - 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050108.26 VL - 87 IS - Suppl 1 AU - L Cortez Y1 - 2011/07/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/87/Suppl_1/A110.1.abstract N2 - Summary Objective To determine the prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis infection during the first trimester of pregnancy in pregnant women in a Maternity Institute. Methods We contacted and recruited a total of 105 women with up to 3 months gestation who attended the outpatient. All of them filled out a consent form and were collected a sample of vaginal secretion, which was analysed for direct observation and inoculated into the culture medium InPouch TV (Biomed Diagnostics, White City, Oregon, USA) and incubated for up 72 h at 37°C. The samples were observed under the microscope for the presence of mobile parasites. Besides demographic data were collected. Results The prevalence of infection with T vaginalis was 5.71% and 3.8% by culture and direct observation, respectively. The growing use of laboratory performance improvement in the report of the prevalence of T vaginalis. Close supervision of this parasite during pregnancy using more sensitive laboratory methods see Abstract P1-S1.26 Figure 1. Abstract P1-S1.26 Figure 1 “Prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis infection during the first trimester of pregnancy in pregnant women”. Instituto Especializado Materno Perinatal. Lima, Mayo, Julio 2004. ER -