Title
Concordance between self-sampling and standar endocervical sample collection to identify sexual transmission infections in an urban-rural area of Peru
Other title
Concordancia entre autotoma y colecciĂ³n estĂ¡ndar de muestras endocervicales para identificar infecciones de trasmisiĂ³n sexual en un Ă¡rea urbano-rural del PerĂº
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
NLM (Medline)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
With the objective of evaluating the concordance between the self-sampling of vaginal samples and the standard collection of endocervical samples for the identification of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Trichomonas vaginalis and Candida spp. carried out by health personnel in women from an urban-rural area of Peru, a prospective and cross-sectional study was carried out in 206 women of childbearing age, we identified some sexually transmitted infections such as Chlamydia trachomatis or Trichomonas vaginalis in 9/206 (4.4%). We obtained a high degree of agreement in the identification of Candida spp. (k = 0.97), Chlamydia trachomatis (k=0.92) and Trichomonas vaginalis by microscopy (k=1.00), and a considerable agreement for the identification of Trichomonas vaginalis by culture (k=0.66). The self-sampling technique can be used to identify some sexually transmitted infections in urban-rural populations.
Start page
83
End page
88
Volume
38
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pĂºblica, Salud ambiental
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85111788947
PubMed ID
Source
Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publica
ISSN of the container
1726-4642
Sources of information:
Directorio de ProducciĂ³n CientĂfica
Scopus