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Offering routine trichomonas vaginalis testing to patients presenting for abortion at an urban hospital-based clinic
Morgan L Cheeks1, Rebecca Schwartz2, Elizabeth C Oleson3
1University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Introduction:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend considering screening asymptomatic women for trichomonas in high-prevalence settings. Whether urban abortion clinics constitute such a setting is unknown.
Material And Methods:
We offered trichomonas screening to patients presenting for abortion from October 2018 to February 2019 as a practice improvement and conducted a chart review.
Results:
Ninety-two percent (593/644) of patients underwent testing. Trichomonas prevalence was 10.0% (95% CI 7.7-12.6). Ninety five percent of patients diagnosed were treated. Testing only symptomatic patients would have missed 98% of infections.
Conclusions:
Trichomonas was highly prevalent, and universal testing and treatment was feasible in an urban abortion clinic.
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