[Fluorescence diagnosis of Trichomonas colpitis and its frequency]

The vaginal smear of 500 women was investigated by the fluorescence method and a vaginal trichomoniasis was found in 6.8 per cent of the cases. The fluorescence staining was successful. The incidence of the infection was higher, 9.1 per cent, at women with IUP, 9.1 per cent at probands with normal ovary cycle and 10.5 per cent during a pregnancy. The various causes are discussed.