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PCR for Diagnosis of Male Trichomonas vaginalis Infection with Chronic Prostatitis and Urethritis

Title
PCR for Diagnosis of Male Trichomonas vaginalis Infection with Chronic Prostatitis and Urethritis
Author
류재숙
Keywords
Trichomonas vaginalis; PCR; prostatitis; urethritis; urine
Issue Date
2012-06
Publisher
KOREAN SOC PARASITOLOGY, SEOUL NATL UNIV COLL MEDI, DEPT PARASITOLOGY, SEOUL, 00000, SOUTH KOREA
Citation
Korean J Parasitol, Vol. 50, No. 2, 157-159
Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of PCR for diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis infection among male patients with chronic recurrent prostatitis and urethritis. Between June 2001 and December 2003, a total of 33 patients visited the Department of Urology, Hanyang University Guri Hospital and were examined for T. vaginalis infection by PCR and culture in TYM medium. For the PCR, we used primers based on a repetitive sequence cloned from vaginalis (TV-E650). Voided bladder urine (VB1 and VB3) was sampled from 33 men with symptoms of lower urinary tract infection (urethral charge, residual urine sensation, and frequency). Culture failed to detect any T. vaginalis infection whereas PCR identified 7 cases of trichomoniasis (21.2%). Five of the 7 cases had been diagnosed with prostatitis and 2 with urethritis. PCR for the 5 prostatitis cases yielded a positive 330 bp band from bothVB1 and VB3, whereas positive results were only obtained from VB1 for the 2 urethritis patients. We showed that the PCR method could detect T. vaginalis when there was only 1 T. vaginalis cell per PCR mixture. Our results strongly support the usefulness of PCR on urine samples for detecting T. vaginalis in chronic prostatitis and urethritis patients.
URI
http://www.ndsl.kr/ndsl/search/detail/article/articleSearchResultDetail.do?cn=JAKO201222653563045&SITE=CLICKhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11754/37937
ISSN
0023-4001; 1738-0006
DOI
10.3347/kjp.2012.50.2.157
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