Trichomoniasis among women with vaginal discharge in Benghazi city, Libya

From April 2000 to July 2001, clinical and wet-mount examination were performed on 2,450 women attending gynecologic department, El-Keish Polyclinic, Benghazi City. The mean age was 34+/-7 (in years). 328 (13.4%) women were clinically diagnosed as having viginatis. Sterile vaginal swab of the posterior fornix was stained by Giemsa and examined as wet smear for trichomoniasis infection. 29/2450, (1.2%) had T. vaginalis. The infected women suffered vaginalis discharge (93.10%), burning (81.48%), vulvar pruritus (79.39%), dyspareuria (40.47%), dysuria (21.43%) and strawberry appearance (75.86%).