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Coppolillo EF, Perazzi BE, Famiglietti AM, et al. Diagnostic value of the papanicolaou smear in lower genital tract infections during pregnancy. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2000;4(4):195-9doi: 10.1046/j.1526-0976.2000.44003.x.
Coppolillo, E. F., Perazzi, B. E., Famiglietti, A. M., Lukan, M. I., Tauscher, P., Cora Eliseht, M. G., Vay, C. A., & Barata, A. D. (2000). Diagnostic value of the papanicolaou smear in lower genital tract infections during pregnancy. Journal of lower genital tract disease, 4(4), 195-9. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1526-0976.2000.44003.x
Coppolillo, E F, et al. "Diagnostic value of the papanicolaou smear in lower genital tract infections during pregnancy." Journal of lower genital tract disease vol. 4,4 (2000): 195-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1526-0976.2000.44003.x
Coppolillo EF, Perazzi BE, Famiglietti AM, Lukan MI, Tauscher P, Cora Eliseht MG, Vay CA, Barata AD. Diagnostic value of the papanicolaou smear in lower genital tract infections during pregnancy. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2000 Oct;4(4):195-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1526-0976.2000.44003.x. PMID: 25951154.
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J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2000 Oct;4(4):195-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1526-0976.2000.44003.x.

Diagnostic value of the papanicolaou smear in lower genital tract infections during pregnancy.

Journal of lower genital tract disease

E F Coppolillo, B E Perazzi, A M Famiglietti, M I Lukan, P Tauscher, M G Cora Eliseht, C A Vay, A D Barata

Affiliations

  1. *Lower Genital Tract Pathology and Colposcopy Clinic, Obstetrics Division-Tocogynecology, Department of Tocogynecology, ‡Gynecological Cytological Laboratory, Obstetrics Division-Pathology, Department of Pathology, and §Academic Unit and Obstetrical Department, Hospital de Clínicas "José de San Martín," University Hospital of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and †Clinical Bacteriology Laboratory, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PMID: 25951154 DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0976.2000.44003.x

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the diagnostic value of the Pap smear in lower genital tract infections during pregnancy.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 190 pregnant women were examined in the Lower Genital Tract and Colposcopy clinics of the Obstetrics Division at the University Hospital de Clínicas "José de San Martín" of University of Buenos Aires from April to August 1997. Samples were taken from the vaginal fornix for microbiologic study and from the exocervix for Pap smear. Both the sensitivity and specificity test of the Pap smear for diagnosing lower genital tract infections were calculated considering the microbiologic study as the reference standard.

RESULTS: The sensitivity of the Pap smear for Candida spp., bacterial vaginosis and Trichomonas vaginalis compared with microbiologic study was 50, 81, and 78, respectively. The specificity for the same study was 96%, 93%, and 100%, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: Pap smear for diagnosing lower genital tract infections is useful when positive results are found for these infections because of its high specificity.

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