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Patients with trichomoniasis are usually well-appearing. | Patients with trichomoniasis are usually well-appearing. Common physical examination findings of trichomoniasis include strawberry cervix and a foul-smelling, frothy, and mucopurulent green or gray vaginal discharge.<ref name="pmid23633669">{{cite journal| author=Hobbs MM, Seña AC| title=Modern diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis infection. | journal=Sex Transm Infect | year= 2013 | volume= 89 | issue= 6 | pages= 434-8 | pmid=23633669 | doi=10.1136/sextrans-2013-051057 | pmc=PMC3787709 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23633669 }} </ref><ref name=efg> Trichomonas vaginalis. Wikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichomonas_vaginalis Accessed on February 4, 2016</ref> In males, there may be scanty, mucopurulent urethral discharge.<ref name="pmid9564565">{{cite journal| author=Petrin D, Delgaty K, Bhatt R, Garber G| title=Clinical and microbiological aspects of Trichomonas vaginalis. | journal=Clin Microbiol Rev | year= 1998 | volume= 11 | issue= 2 | pages= 300-17 | pmid=9564565 | doi= | pmc=PMC106834 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9564565 }} </ref> | ||
==Physical Examination== | ==Physical Examination== | ||
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Overview
Patients with trichomoniasis are usually well-appearing. Common physical examination findings of trichomoniasis include strawberry cervix and a foul-smelling, frothy, and mucopurulent green or gray vaginal discharge.[1][2] In males, there may be scanty, mucopurulent urethral discharge.[3]
Physical Examination
Appearance
Patients with trichomoniasis are usually well-appearing.
Genitourinary
- Strawberry cervix: petechial haemorrhages on the ectocervix, specific for trichomoniasis[1]
- Frothy, mucopurulent, yellow-green or gray vaginal discharge[2]
- Foul smelling (fishy odor)
- In males, there may be scanty, mucopurulent urethral discharge[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hobbs MM, Seña AC (2013). "Modern diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis infection". Sex Transm Infect. 89 (6): 434–8. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2013-051057. PMC 3787709. PMID 23633669.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Trichomonas vaginalis. Wikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichomonas_vaginalis Accessed on February 4, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Petrin D, Delgaty K, Bhatt R, Garber G (1998). "Clinical and microbiological aspects of Trichomonas vaginalis". Clin Microbiol Rev. 11 (2): 300–17. PMC 106834. PMID 9564565.