Does the presence of vaginitis on a Pap smear correlate with clinical symptoms in the patient?
Heller, D.S.; Pitsos, M.; Skurnick, J.
Journal of Reproductive Medicine 53(6): 429-434
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0024-7758 PMID: 18664061 Document Number: 615494
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of the finding of trichomoniasis, candidiasis or bacterial vaginosis (BV) on Pap smear with possible symptoms, findings on the clinical examination or treatment that the patient received shortly before or shortly after the results of the Pap smear. STUDY DESIGN: Cases were selected from the Department of Pathology, UMDNJ-University Hospital, Newark.