PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - L Cortez TI - P1-S1.26 Prevalence of <em>Trichomonas vaginalis</em> infection during the first trimester of pregnancy in pregnant women on Maternal and Perinatal Institute AID - 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050108.26 DP - 2011 Jul 01 TA - Sexually Transmitted Infections PG - A110--A110 VI - 87 IP - Suppl 1 4099 - http://sti.bmj.com/content/87/Suppl_1/A110.1.short 4100 - http://sti.bmj.com/content/87/Suppl_1/A110.1.full SO - Sex Transm Infect2011 Jul 01; 87 AB - 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.